President Muhammadu Buhari meets with Finance Team

President Muhammadu Buhari met with his Chief of staff, Abba Kyari, Minister or Finance, Kemi Adeosun, Minister of Budget and National Planning, Senator Udoma Udo Udoma and Central Bank Governor, Godwin Emefiele.

The president met with them at the State House in Abuja on Monday to discuss the economy.

According to the president’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity Femi Adesina, the president was pleased the with progress being made by them.

Read his full statement below:

PRESIDENT BUHARI RECEIVES BRIEFING, DELIGHTED AT IMPROVING STATE OF THE ECONOMY

For almost two hours, President Muhammadu Buhari Monday received briefing from the Minister of Budget and National Planning, Senator Udoma Udo Udoma, the Minister of Finance, Mrs Kemi Adeosun, and Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr Godwin Emefiele, after which a delighted President declared that he was pleased with the progress being made on different fronts.

The Ministers and CBN Governor updated the President on the improving state of the economy, implementation of the 2017 Budget, preparation for the 2018 Budget, revenue strategies, combined cost reduction and debt management.

Also discussed were monetary policy strategies and their economic impact, among others.

President Buhari, while reminding the Ministers and CBN Governor that reviving the economy was one of the major planks on which the campaign of his party, the All Progressives Congress (APC), was based, expressed gladness that things were looking up after two years of yeoman’s job.

Urging them to keep at it, the President noted that the main aim of government was to bring succour to Nigerians across all walks of life.

FEMI ADESINA
Special Adviser to the President
(Media and Publicity)
August 28, 2017

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