Information reaching the PoliticsNGR newsdesk on Thursday
afternoon reveals that the 36 state governors in Nigeria have agreed to the
withdrawal of $1 billion from the country's Excess Crude
Account(ECA) to be
used in funding the fight against Boko Haram.
This development was made public by the Governor of Edo
state, Godwin Obaseki while addressing state house correspondents in Abuja
after a meeting of the National Economic Council in the Presidential Villa.
The meeting was headed by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo since
President Buhari is currently out of the country for a meeting in France.
Mr. Obaseki disclosed that the approval was announced during
the 83rd NEC meeting by the chairman of Nigeria Governors Forum, NGF, and
Governor of Zamfara State, Abdulaziz Yari.
The Nigerian Excess Crude Account had a balance of $2.317
billion as at December 13, 2017.
War is damn too expensive!
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