SENATE SAYS ITS EMERGENCY MEETING WITH THE ECONOMIC TEAM OF PRESIDENT BOLA TINUBU IS TO ASSESS THE ECONOMY AND LEVEL OF IMPLEMENTATION OF THE 2024 BUDGET.

Senate says its emergency meeting with the economic team of President Bola Tinubu is to assess the level of implementation of the 2024 budget and how it impacts on the lives of the common Nigerians.

In his remarks at the meeting ,Senate Committee chairman of Finance Senator Sani Musa said the although the committee is aware of the efforts of the administration to reposition the ailing economy but that there is need to get the economic managers to brief  the lawmakers.

The senate committee meeting with the economic team of President Bola Tinubu was attended by the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Mr  Wale Edun;  Budget and National Planning Minister,  Senator Atiku Bagudu and Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Senator Heineken Lokpobiri.

Minister of National Planning,Senator Atiku Bagudu told the committee that the 2024. budget implementation is on going and is expected to reflect positively on the economy.

Others were the Group Executive Officer of NNPCL , Mele Kyari;  the Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, Mr Yemi Cardoso; and the Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Zacch Adedeji, among others.

Kyari, while speaking, said in a few months from now, oil production level for the country, would hit two million barrels per day as all enablement towards that has already been put in place.

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