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  • Fuel subsidy: We will address hardship faced by Nigerians – FG assures

    Fuel subsidy: We will address hardship faced by Nigerians – FG assures

    Mr Nebeolisa Anako, Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Budget and Economic Planning, has said the Federal Government is doing everything possible to address the hardship faced by Nigerians as a result of the fuel subsidy removal.

    Anako said this while addressing the 22nd Joint Planning Board (JPB) and National Council on Development Planning (NCDP) meeting on Tuesday in Osogbo.

    The permanent secretary said that the current hardship, in the wake of economic reforms, which had resulted in the removal of fuel subsidy and the floating of the Naira are temporary.

    The meeting has as its theme “Imperatives for restoring Nigeria on the part of sustainable economic growth and development”.

    He said, “the present administration is doing everything possible to address the hardship faced by Nigerians in the wake of economic reforms, which has resulted in the removal of fuel subsidy and the floating of the Naira.

    “These challenges, which are temporary, will be over with time.

    “I, therefore, want to use this opportunity to urge you to use your esteemed positions to aggressively sensitise the Nigerian public on the long-term benefits of these policies,” he stated.

    Anako said that the recent N5 billion and some consignments of food stuff given to each state were the immediate measures taken to mitigate the hardship caused by these reforms.

    He said that as other medium-term measures were unfolding, Nigerians would appreciate the rationale behind these decisions.

    Anako said the essence of the Joint meeting was to focus on how government could fashion a path way forward for a sustainable and economic growth and development.

    The permanent secretary said that there is need nor synergy between the federal, state and local towards effective implementation of all the meeting’s decisions to fast track national developmental objectives.

    In his remarks, Gov. Ademola Adeleke, said the meeting would restore Nigeria’s economic fortune through effective policy implementation in the long run.

    Represented by his deputy, Mr Kola Adewusi, the governor appreciated the organisers of the programme for giving Osun the hosting right.

    Adeleke urged participants to come up with immediate measures to mitigate the challenges caused by the present economic reforms through subsidy removal and floating of the Naira.

  • FG set 78 priority actions to transform food system

    FG set 78 priority actions to transform food system

    The Federal Government has set 78 priority actions that would transform the food systems from farm to the dining table, including the waste.

    The Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Budget and National Planning, Mr Nebeolisa Anako, disclosed this in a statement issued by the Director of Information, Mrs Folasade Boriowo, on Wednesday in Abuja.

    He said that the National Steering Committee on Implementation of food systems pathway would meet on Thursday in Anambra.

    Anako said that for the preparation of stock taking moment, coming up in Rome on July 24 with side event on 26.

    He said that all the coordinators of nine states in the six geopolitical zones; namely North East – (Borno), North West – (Kano), North Central (Kwara), South West – (Lagos and Osun), South South – (Akwa Ibom and Edo), South East – (Enugu and Anambra), would attend the meeting to be chaired by him.

    Anako said that in the same vein, there would be retreat of the coordinating directors of zones and members of steering committee at Uzanu Farm, Edo, from June 25 to 26.

    He said that the retreat would discuss final template to be used for collation of national report to be submitted at United Nations (UN) food system coordination HUB by Nigeria.

    Anako also said that the national steering committee was inaugurated by the former Minister of State, Budget and National Planning, Prince Clem Agba, on the recommendation of the national convener, Dr Sanjo Faniran.