The Federal Government says all is set to pump 350billion naira in to the economy with the aim of stimulating it ahead of the budget passage of the 2016 Budget. Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun stated this while reading the communiqué of just concluded executive council retreat on the economy. State house correspondent reports that Government is also setting year 2018 target for the country to be self sufficient in rice production.
For the second day, political leaders across party divides are brainstorming on how to take the Nation out of the current economic challenges confronting her. At the opening, President Buhari affirms the readiness of his administration to increase Nigeria’s distributable power to 10 thousands Mega Watts. After the two day closed retreat, ministers of finance and budget counterparts were joined by Chairman of the Governor’s forum and Zamfara State Governor and Anambra State Governor read the communiqué of the retreat.