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By Nasir Kura
President Buhari on Friday stressed the need for governors of the 36 states of the federation to redouble efforts in addressing infrastructure deficiencies in their states in order to
revamp the country’s economy.
Chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum and governor of Zamfara state, Mr. Abdul’aziz Yari, who disclosed this to State House correspondents, said this to the governors at a close-door meeting with them .
“The President, as usual, responded by telling us that the economy is in a bad shape and we have to come together and think and rethink on way forward. So, Mr President talked to us in the manner that we a task ahead of us. So, we should tighten our belts and see how we can put Nigerian economy in the right direction and how we can address the nation’s infrastructural decay.
“So, all of us as leaders especially those that are coming to the National Assembly and those coming back as governors and the president who will be re-elected by God grace we should not think that things are going to be easy, they are going to be harder than before, this was the message of Mr President,’’ he said.
On the meeting of the National Economic Council, the governor said the council deliberated extensively on new ways state governments could generate additional revenues for speedy economic growth and development.
The governor declined to confirm whether the meeting between the President and the governors discussed the controversial N30,000 minimum wage issue.
