Escalating Hardship: Tinubu Meets With Governors

As part of government efforts to mitigate the prevailing food prices in the country, President Bola Tinubu is presently meeting with all 36 state governors at the Council Chamber of the Presidential Villa in Abuja.

This is the second time the president is meeting with the state Governors since he inaugurated the National Economic Council on June 15, 2023.

The meeting followed increasing food prices and hardship in the country which has led to disenchantment among many segments of the society.

On Wednesday, the Northern Traditional Rulers Council raised an alarm over the deplorable economic situation in the country, warning that the country was sitting on a keg of gunpowder.

Before then, opposition governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) had asked the federal government to act fast as Nigeria was almost going the way of Venezuela.

There has been pockets of protests in some parts of the country such as Niger, Kano, Ondo and and other states where citizens demanded solutions to the food crisis and insecurity.

Among those sighted at the meeting were Vice President Kashim Shettima, Director-General of the Department of State Services, Yusuf Bichi; the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, George Akume; the Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun; the National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu and the President’s Chief of Staff, Femi Gbajabiamila.

Governors attending the meeting are Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq; (Kwara) Hope Uzodinma; (Imo) Prof. Babagana Zulum, (Borno) Godwin Obaseki (Edo) Sim Fubara(Rivers) Biodun Oyebanji (Ekiti) Prof. Charles Soludo (Anambra), Caleb Mutfwang (Plateau) and Uba Sani (Kaduna) among others

There are also some ministers at the meeting.