Nigerian president, Bola Tinubu, determined to shore up an enduring solution that will address the crisis of growing cost of living, convened a meeting with some private sector leaders at the Presidential Villa in Abuja on Sunday.
At the meeting were Africa’s richest man and owner of Dangote industries, Aliko Dangote.
Also at the meeting was an industrialist AbdulSamad Rabiu and a banker Tony Elumelu.
They had closed-door discussions on how to harness concerted efforts towards addressing the nation’s economic problem.
Mr Dangote had hinted when he spoke to newsmen that the meeting discussed issues of “the economy, food security and security of the nation.”
It was learnt thereafter that president Tinubu shove off blame game that yields no gain and said his administration was looking for “additional efforts” that could help majority of Nigerians come out of the current difficult economic period.
“We’re looking for additional efforts that might help the downtrodden Nigerians and we will provide that hope and reassurance that economic recovery is on its way.
“We are not saying that we have all the answers. But we will not be blamed for not trying.
“We assure Nigerians that we will do our best to get our marshall plan in place and fashion out the best economic future for this country.
“Let’s look at what we’re doing right and what we’re doing wrong to bring life back to the economy.
“Like I said, many times, the people of this country are only the people whom we have to please.
“And we are very much concerned from students to mothers and fathers, farmers, the traders and realise that every one of us will have to fetch water from the same well.”
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