The government of President Bola Tinubu has provided a N5 billion palliative to each state of the federation and the FCT to mitigate the impact of the elimination of the fuel subsidy.
Babagana Zulum, the Governor of Borno State, made the disclosure during an interactive session with State House media on Thursday in Abuja.
On Thursday, Vice-President Kashim Shettima presided over the statutory meeting of the National Economic Council (NEC).
Membership of NEC includes the governors of the 36 states of the federation, Ministers of Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and Finance, Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), and Group Chief Executive Officer of Nigeria National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) among others.
The meeting discussed a variety of subjects, including the Federation’s financial situation, general difficulties, and the deployment of palliatives aimed at mitigating the unpleasant impacts of the termination of gasoline subsidies.
Among governors who attended the meeting were Abdulrahman Abdulrazak (Kwara), Hope Uzodinma (Imo), Inuwa Yahya (Gombe) Dauda Lawal (Zamfara), Dr. Alex Otti (Abia), Babajide Sanwo-Olu (Lagos) and Ademola Adeleke (Osun).
Others were Senator Bala Mohammed (Bauchi), Senator Uba Sani(Kaduna), Sheriff Obrevwori (Delta), Prof. Charles Soludo (Anambra), Godwin Obaseki (Edo), Yahaya Bello (Kogi), Umaru Namadi (Jigawa),
Also at the meeting are Umo Eno (Akwa Ibom), Prince Bassey Otu (Cross River), Lucky Aiyedatiwa (Ondo State acting governor), Dapo Abiodun (Ogun), Ahmad Aliu (Sokoto), Agbu Kefas (Taraba), Abdullahi Sule (Nasarawa), Peter Mbah (Enugu), Babagana Zulum (Borno).
The meeting was also attended by the deputy governors of Katsina, Rivers, Yobe, Adamawa, Kano, and Kebbi.
