Just In: VP Shettima Presides Over NEC As Rivers Sole Administrator Makes Surprise Appearance

Vice President Kashim Shettima on Thursday chaired the National Economic Council (NEC) meeting at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, where key economic issues affecting the country were discussed.

In an unexpected development, the Sole Administrator of Rivers State, Ibok-Ete Ibas, was present at the meeting.

The meeting also had in attendance Delta State Governor, Sheriff Oborevwori, who recently defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC), alongside several other governors including Hyacinth Alia of Benue, Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq of Kwara, Monday Okpebholo of Edo, and Bassey Otu of Cross River.

Deputy governors from various states were also part of the deliberations.

The NEC, constitutionally chaired by the Vice President, serves as a strategic platform where state executives and federal authorities jointly examine and proffer solutions to the nation’s pressing economic challenges.

More details to follow…