Obaseki is a liar, No N60bn was printed__ NEC declares

The National Economic Council (NEC) has declared that there was no printing of N60 billion or any other amount whatsoever to shore up allocation for the month of March.

This was the position of the state governors after a critical review of the claim during the NEC meeting chaired by the Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, on Thursday.

They took the decision following presentations from the Minister of Finance, Zainab Ahmed; Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, and Chairman of the Nigerian Governors’ Forum (NGF), Kayode Fayemi.

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“The Council expressed satisfaction with clarifications made by the NGF represented by its Chairman, Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State; Finance Minister, Zainab Ahmed, and the Central Bank Governor, Mr Godwin Emefiele, on the alleged printing of N60 billion by the Federal Government,” said a statement by the Vice President’s spokesman, Laolu Akande.

According to Akande, a national consensus will be reached thereafter on the recommendations which included the adoption of state police, among other matters.

Any claim that N60B or any amount whatsoever was printed to augment March allocation is outrightly false, says National Economic Council presided over by VP Osinbajo. Council also strongly affirmed Nigeria's unity & directs state-by-state consultations on the critical issues.

— Laolu Akande (@akandeoj) April 22, 2021