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Coronavirus: NGF Panel Set To Meet PTF On Reopening Economy

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The three-month plan on reopening the economy drafted by the sub-committee of the Nigerian Governors’ Forum on the economy has been endorsed.

The sub-committee which comprise the Delta State Governor (Chairman), Ekiti, Lagos, Anambra, Kano, Bauchi, Plateau, and the FCT Minister is set to meet with the Presidential Task Force on Coronavirus.

This was part of the discussion at the 9th COVID-19 virtual meeting of the NGF, held on Wednesday.

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The governors in collaboration with the Economic Sustainability Committee chaired by the Vice President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo, reacts as the country response to the COVID-19 crisis.

Its legal committee is to meet with the Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, to consider the implications of Executive Order 10 on governance at the sub-regional levels.

A communique signed by the NGF Chairman and Governor of Ekiti State, Kayode Fayemi, reads in part:

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“The Nigeria Governors’ Forum thereafter resolved to: Interface with the Ministry of Finance, Budget, and National Planning, on the $1 billion COVID-19 crisis facility approved for the country at the request of the Federal Government by the African Development Bank (AfDB), to embark on the delivery of projects that will meet the needs of Nigerians during this period, in such areas as health emergency assistance, agriculture and food security”

“Continue engagements with CACOVID to consolidate interventions on the distribution of palliatives to vulnerable Nigerians who have lost their means of livelihood as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.”

“Endorsed the development of a 3-month plan on reopening the economy by the NEC Sub-Committee that will interface with the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 comprising the Governors of Delta (Chairman), Ekiti, Lagos, Anambra, Kano, Bauchi, Plateau and the FCT Minister.”

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“Through the NGF Legal Committee comprising the Governors of Sokoto, Plateau and Ondo, engage with the Attorney General of the Federation to reflect on the implications of the recently passed Executive Order 10, 2020 on governance at the Sub-National level.”