COVID-19: Buhari Directs Finance Ministry to Pay Salaries

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President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday directed the Ministry of Finance, Budget and National Planning to pay salaries.

The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, who heads the presidential committee to review the impact of coronavirus on the economy, made the disclosure at the Aso Rock Villa, after meeting with the President.

She said the committee briefed the president on current happenings around the world due to COVID-19 and the impact on the nation’s economy.

“He has directed that we should make sure that salaries are paid, make sure critical infrastructures like roads, rails are protected, as much as possible use local inputs so that we retain value within our economy. And also make sure we put out measures that protects the poor and the vulnerable.”

Ahmed added: “This meeting was just to brief Mr. President as the situation we are in keeps evolving on a daily basis. As the health crisis gradually expands, affecting States and also the lockdown that has been ordered to help curtail expansion of the health crisis.

“The consequences of the lockdown is the additional slowing down of the economy and the measures that we need to take to mitigate the negative consequences of the slow trade and businesses.”

Meanwhile, the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva, who is also a member of the committee, said the economy is not in the best of shape due to COVID-19 and oil prices are collapsing every day, hence the need for the President to be constantly briefed.

Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, said the economy is not looking as simple as every one thought it would be.
He said: “The global economy naturally like we all know at this time will suffer growth problems and may even lead to recession globally. So we are trying to see what we can do as a country to rescue our own situation so we don’t go the direction many will go. It is not going to be easy but we can only assure our people that we are on top of it and that we will resolve it and Nigerians will still be better for it.”

Other members of the committee are Minister of State, Budget and National Planning, Clement Agba and the Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Mela Kyari.

'Dotun Akintomide
'Dotun Akintomide
'Dotun Akintomide's journalism works intersect business, environment, politics and developmental issues. Among a number of local and international publications, his work has appeared in the New York Times. He's a winner of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) Award. Currently, the Online Editor at The New Diplomat, Akintomide has produced reports that uniquely spoke to Nigeria's experience on Climate Change issues. When Akintomide is not writing, volunteering or working on a media project, you can find him seeing beautiful sites like the sandy beaches that bedecked the Lagos coastline.

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