The Federal Government has charged governors to ensure their economic reforms translated into clear, measurable improvements in the lives of Nigerians.
This is just as the National Economic Council, NEC, approved N100 billion for rehabilitation of training institutions for the police and other security agencies in the country, subject to final ratification by President Bola Tinubu.
Vice President Kashim Shettima, who threw the challenge at the NEC meeting in Abuja yesterday, noted that governance was meaningful only when citizens could feel its impact.
While urging all tiers of government to focus on execution, rather than rhetoric, Shettima said the era of policy without results must give way to governance defined by tangible outcomes in communities across the country.
“Our task is not to admire problems, but to solve them, not to explain challenges but to overcome them. And not to hope for progress, but to engineer it.
“Today’s agenda speaks to our shared responsibility to build a nation where reforms translate into results, and where policies are not mere promises but convincing instruments of change felt in the markets, schools, clinics and farms across our federation.” the VP said.
Following the presentation by the chairman of the ad hoc committee on rehabilitation of training institutions for police and other security agencies, Governor Peter Mbah of Enugu State, Vice President Shettima, who is also the chairman of NEC, reaffirmed the commitment of government to address the situation.
Consequently, NEC approved approved N100 billion, subject to the final ratification by President Bola Tinubu. This followed recommendations by the ad hoc committee earlier constituted to assess the state of police and security agencies’ training institution nationwide.
NEC also approved the payment of N185billion, being an outstanding debt owed to gas producers, to ensure improved supply of gas for domestic production.
The council at its 154th meeting held virtually yesterday, also approved N2.6 billion for consultancy services for rehabilitation of training institutions for police and other security agencies.
President Tinubu had at the 152nd meeting of NEC in October, proposed the overhaul and revamp of training institutions for security agencies nationwide.
Chairman of the ad hoc committee, Governor Peter Mbah, had in his presentation to council, underscored the urgency and significance of the condition of the training facilities, saying most of the training institutions were in dire condition.
Following the presentation by the Governor, the Chairman of NEC, Vice President Kashim Shettima, reaffirmed the commitment of government to address the situation.
On stakeholders meeting on the cost and availability of domestic gas, the Minister of State for Petroleum (Gas), Mr Ekperikpe Ekpo, made a presentation on the payment of outstanding obligations to gas producers to encourage increased production and supply for domestic consumption.
Gas producers have a cumulative debt claim of $1billion for gas supplied to the power sector as far back as 2011 and N185bn (78%) of the total naira-denominated debt claims had been validated by submissions made by NNPC Gas Marketing Ltd, NGML, and Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC.
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