ECONOMIC REFORMS: TINUBU BEGINS BROAD CONSULTATIONS

told newsmen that, "I left this meeting with a lot of enthusiasm, excitement and optimism about the future of our country.

“I believe that implementing the decisions we arrived at today will have propel our economy and help alleviate the poverty in the land, help create employment and help put food on table."

Anambra State Governor, Charles Soludo, also told newsmen that, "It's a tripartite meeting designed to put heads together and think together.

“We have one national economy, and it's the responsibility of the 225 million Nigerians to work together to make it great and we have all the potential and we have all that it takes to make Nigeria ride through these turbulent times and put the economy back on a sustainable keel.

"I think there is unity of purpose, determination, the sense of patriotism and determination by all to make it happen and by the special grace of God, it's now the execution, execution execution.

“And this is a standing committee that will be meeting from time to time to evaluate how things are going and make recommendations to Mr. President and to the nation as well."

Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, said, "As a governor, I can assure you that all hands are on deck. All governors have resolved to join hands with Mr president to ensure that he provides the necessary intervention to cushion the effect of what we're going through, whilst we are waiting for the implementation and the evidence of the fiscal and monetary policies that are already in place.

"So the teeming public should have that confidence that we're not leaving them alone. In my state and in other states, we are bringing in rice, we're bringing food items and we're selling at rates that can be obtained before the downslide of the naira. So, we are going to be doing all those kinds of things to bring succour to the common man until when you begin to see the evidence of the fiscal and monetary policies."

Director-General of the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN), Seguñ Ajayi-Kadir, also said, "I think the private sector is looking forward to the implementation of most of the decisions that we have made with the president.

“Manufacturers are looking forward to an environment that is conducive to business. And so the issues surrounding foreign exchange, insecurity and general operating environment were discussed and we received the assurances of Mr. President that very soon we are going to start to see some major changes.

“And I think the advisory committee that has been formed, the private sector will play a very significant role, and Nigerians, going forward should be hopeful that we are having solutions to the challenges that we have."