The National Economic Council (NEC) says the federal
government did not print money to support allocation to states in March.
Laolu Akande, spokesman to Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo, in
a statement, said the council affirmed this position at its meeting on
Thursday.
Godwin Obaseki, Edo state governor, had raised allegation
that the federal government printed N60 billion in March to support allocation
for states.
The governor had insisted that Nigeria is in deep financial trouble, despite rebuttals from the ministry of finance and the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).
According to the statement, NEC received presentations from
Zainab Ahmed, minister of finance, and Kayode Fayemi, chairman of the Nigerian
Governors’ Forum (NGF), during the meeting.
The council affirmed that “there was no printing of N60
billion or any other amount whatsoever to shore up allocation for the month of
March.”
The statement said both Ahmed and Godwin Emefiele, CBN
governor, informed the council that “the allegation of the printing of money to
augment allocation was out rightly false.”
On the issue of security, the spokesman said the council
unanimously affirmed the unity of Nigeria and said it would adopt the report of
the national townhall meeting on national unity and security held recently in
Kaduna.
He said the council welcomed the outcome of the townhall
meeting, while urging states to hold wider consultations across the country and
report back to NEC the outcome of the meetings.
Akande added that a national consensus would be reached on
the recommendations including the adoption of state police, among other
matters.
Present at the NEC meeting presided over by Osinbajo were
state governors and ministers of FCT, finance, transport, information,
aviation, water resources, and state for budget and national planning.
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