Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Thursday held the National Economic Council (NEC) meeting with state governors and other members of the Council.
The closed-door meeting in the Council Chamber of the Presidential Villa started at about 11:30am when Osinbajo arrived the venue.
The meeting, which is still in progress at the time of filing this report, is expected to deliberate on the remaining aspect of bailout for states, refund of money spent on Federal roads by state governments and updates on the investigation of excess crude account under last administration.
The states whose governors were present when the meeting commenced are – Delta, Adamawa, Lagos, Zamfara, Kwara, Anambra, Rivers (Deputy), Plateua, Nasarawa, Kano, Bauchi, Sokoto and Ogun.
Others are – Yobe, Ondo, Imo, Niger, Borno, Benue, Taraba, Oyo, Ebonyi, Abia, Cross River, Kaduna, Osun, Edo, Kebbi and Kogi States.