President Bola Tinubu has given the green light for the establishment of the Presidential Economic Coordination Council (PECC) and the formation of the Economic Management Team Emergency Taskforce (EET).
Ajuri Ngelale, the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, revealed this in a statement on Wednesday.
He emphasized that the PECC and EET initiative represents a strategic step to enhance the nation’s economic governance frameworks and ensure comprehensive and coordinated economic planning and execution.
Ngelale noted that the PECC, led by Tinubu, consists of esteemed leaders and key government officials.
The team includes Vice-President Kashim Shetimma (vice-chairman of the PECC and chairman of the National Economic Council); Senate President Godwill Akpabio; AbdulRahman AbdulRasaq, Chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF); Wale Edun, the Coordinating Minister for the Economy and Minister of Finance; Olayemi Cardoso, Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN); Abubakar Kyari, Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, among others.
Ngelale mentioned further that the PECC will include prominent members of the organized private sector, who will serve for a period not exceeding one year, subject to the President’s directive.
These private sector members comprise Aliko Dangote, Tony Elumelu, Abdulsamad Rabiu, Amina Maina, Begun Ajayi-Kadir, Funke Okpeke, Doyin Salami, Patrick Okigbo, Kola Adesina, Segun Agbaje, Chidi Ajaere, Abdulkadir Aliu, and Rasheed Sarumi.
