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The Nigerian presidency has announced that President Bola Tinubu will not attend the 79th United Nations General Assembly session in New York, which will be held from September 24 to September 28, 2024.
President Bola Tinubu has approved forming the Presidential Economic Coordination Council (PECC), appointing the Vice President, Kashim Shettima, 18 ministers, and prominent figures from the private sector as members.
President Bola Tinubu has stated that the federal government is looking to raise about $10 billion in revenue to boost liquidity in the foreign exchange market.
Vice President Kashim Shettima has said that the federal government is working to create about 5 to 10 million jobs in the agricultural sector to tackle food inflation in the country.
The federal government has announced the plan to set up a Commodity Board to regulate the soaring prices of food in the country.
Vice President Sen. Kashim Shettima has urged international development partners to increase their support for the Tinubu administration, emphasizing priority areas such as e-mobility, job creation, agriculture, food security, and the power sector.
Vice President Kashim Shettima has revealed that Nigeria is set to embrace the practice of Global Value Chains (GVC) at many levels, as part of efforts to attract investors into the country.
The Nigerian Government promised investors and stakeholders in the economy that the economy would pick up in less than 15 months due to reforms of the President Bola Tinubu administration.
The Justice Haruna Tsammani-led five-member panel of the Presidential Election Petition Court has struck out the Allied Peoples Movement petitions challenging the qualification of Vice President, Kashim Shettima, describing it as a pre-election matter.