The Nationwide Financial Council (NEC) has endorsed President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s proposal for the overhaul and revamp of coaching establishments for safety companies nationwide.
The President’s proposal adopted a presentation made to Council by the Minister of Finances and Financial Planning, Abubakar Bagudu, on the realisation of President Tinubu’s imaginative and prescient for a trillion-dollar economic system, which additionally highlighted the need of investing extra in safety by the three tiers of presidency.
At its 152nd assembly held on the Presidential Villa, Abuja, NEC constituted a committee chaired by Enugu State Governor Peter Mbah, to supervise the method of overhaul of coaching establishments for safety companies throughout the nation.
The committee has a one month interval to provide a blueprint for the renovation of coaching establishments for the Nigeria Police Power and sister companies nationwide.
Addressing members of the council, President Tinubu highlighted the necessity for presidency to repair coaching establishments and amenities for safety companies throughout the nation, assuring that his administration would make concerted efforts to reverse the dilapidation in police coaching amenities nationwide.
“We now have to make the situations of the coaching amenities extra conducive for each the trainers and trainees,” he mentioned.
Different members of the NEC committee are Governors Uba Sani of Kaduna, Dapo Abiodun of Ogun, Kefas Agbu of Taraba, Umoh Eno of Akwa Ibom, Dauda Lawal of Zamfara, and Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa, with former Inspector Common of Police (IGP), Baba Usman, as secretary.
Additionally, President Tinubu urged state governors to additionally take note of points that have an effect on the wellbeing of the folks significantly from the grassroot.
Earlier, Chairman of NEC, Vice President Kashim Shettima referred to as on state governments to translate the optimism of the streets into actual prosperity in properties and communities.
In his opening deal with, Vice President Shettima reminded state governors that the measure of governance lies within the tangible enchancment of residents’ lives slightly than rhetoric.
“The measure of presidency isn’t in speeches delivered; it’s within the lives improved,” he mentioned.
Highlighting one of many day’s main shows, together with the Anticipatory Motion Framework for Riverine Flooding by the Workplace of the Nationwide Safety Adviser (ONSA), VP Shettima reiterated the administration’s shift from reactive disaster administration to proactive planning.
“It’s not unsure that rivers that after sustained our farmlands and livelihoods have additionally been the supply of recurring tragedy for a lot of of our residents.
“Whole communities have watched their desires drown in waters that would have been tamed by means of foresight and planning. True management anticipates hazard and builds programs to stop loss earlier than it occurs,” he mentioned.
He counseled the Nationwide Safety Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu, for main the cost towards catastrophe preparedness throughout the federation, noting that the framework will strengthen early warning programs, coordination mechanisms, and subnational response capacities.
The Minister of Finances and Financial Planning, Abubakar Bagudu, offered a NEC memorandum outlining Nigeria’s trajectory towards a $1 trillion economic system by 2033, describing the goal as a take a look at of coordination and readability.
In line with the Vice President, “This ambition requires coordination throughout the federation. It’s our responsibility as a Council to interrogate the pathways, to assign tasks, and to make sure that our targets are lifelike, time-bound, and clear to the residents who anticipate outcomes.”
He emphasised that the roadmap aligns with President Bola Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda, which prioritises macroeconomic stability, job creation, meals safety, and subnational competitiveness as anchors of nationwide prosperity.
Mr Shettima additionally counseled the Katsina Sustainable Platform for Agriculture (KASPA), a state-driven digital agriculture mannequin designed to modernise service supply and enhance farmers’ entry to information, markets, and local weather info.
“Earlier this week, on the invitation of His Excellency, Governor Dikko Umaru Radda, I used to be in Katsina State. One of many progressive initiatives we launched is the Katsina Sustainable Platform for Agriculture, often known as KASPA. It’s a scalable framework for digital governance, farmer inclusion, and climate-smart productiveness prepared for sub-national adoption,” the Vice President mentioned.
The platform, he famous, displays the council’s broader dedication to technology-enabled governance and inclusive agricultural development that cuts throughout the thirty-six states and the FCT.
“The story of Nigeria’s restoration is not going to be written by likelihood however by selection—by the deliberate actions we take to guard our economic system, safeguard the environment, and uphold the welfare of our residents,” he mentioned.
VP Shettima counseled governors, ministers, and members of the council for sustaining the NEC as a platform of belief, cooperation, and coverage innovation.
Different highlights of the assembly are as follows:
NEC (6TH IN 2025) 153RD MEETING, THURSDAY, 23RD OCTOBER, 2025.
PRESS BRIEFING:
UPDATE ON ACCOUNT BALANCES AS AT OCTOBER, 2025
EXCESS CRUDE ACCOUNT – $535,823.39
STABILIZATION ACCOUNT – N87,665,172,169.67
NATURAL RESOURCES ACCOUNT – N141,585,815,908.16
UPDATE ON NEC AD-HOC COMMITTEE ON POLIO ERADICATION BY THE CHAIRMAN, ALH. MUHAMMAD INUWA YAHAYA, EXECUTIVE GOVERNOR OF GOMBE STATE
Chairman of the Advert-Hoc Committee briefed Council that since its inauguration, the Committee has convened 4 occasions (June–October 2025), strengthening political dedication and coordination.
That Epidemiological information present continued progress, with cVPV2 circumstances dropping by 44% from 109 in 2024 to 61 in 2025. Kano and Katsina achieved main reductions (89% and 88% respectively). Nevertheless, Sokoto, Zamfara, and Kebbi reported new circumstances (8, 4, and a pair of), highlighting the necessity for ongoing vigilance. Gombe stays free of recent circumstances.
That latest In-Between Spherical Actions (IBRA) led to important positive factors:
i. Settlements reached rose from 77% in August to 97% in September.
ii. Vaccine protection in insecure areas reached 90% throughout key states.
iii. The primary part of the Nationwide Built-in Marketing campaign (launched by the First Girl on 6 Oct 2025) was performed in 5 high-burden states, reaching 60% of settlements and vaccinating 73% (Polio) and 57% (Measles-Rubella) of focused youngsters as of 12 October 2025.
iv. The second part started on 18 Oct 2025 in Gombe, persevering with built-in vaccination efforts.
Present actions and subsequent steps
1. The nationwide Built-in Marketing campaign commenced on sixth October 2025 is ongoing throughout 5 states — Kano, Katsina, Kebbi, Sokoto, and Zamfara.
2. The Built-in Marketing campaign delivers a complete well being package deal, together with Measles-Rubella and Polio vaccines, Seasonal Malaria Chemoprevention (SMC), and Uncared for Tropical Illness (NTD) interventions.
Council Decision:
i. Council urged state governments to make sure launch of funds to their constructions to enhance statewide immunization train.
ii. The NEC urged sustenance of momentum to cut back polio an infection and unfold thereby safeguarding each Nigerian little one.
*PRESENTATION ON KATSINA SUSTAINABLE PLATFORM FOR AGRICULTURE (KASPA) BY SSAP INNOVATION NASIR YAMMAMA*
The Nationwide Financial Council obtained a presentation on the Sustainable Platform for Agriculture by the SSA to the President on Innovation, Nasir Yammama. The presentation was on the Katsina Sustainable Platform for Agriculture (KASPA) as a mannequin for adoption by sub-nationals and a part of options to challenges militating in opposition to improved agricultural productiveness and sustainability in Nigeria.
The SSAP mentioned the mannequin which focuses on empowering smallholder farmers and creating the agribusiness worth chain leverages know-how to supply farmers with built-in agriculture help, together with extension companies and market linkages.
Council Decision:
Council counseled the innovation to deploy know-how in addressing challenges confronted by farmers throughout Nigeria and urged state governments to copy the mannequin within the bid to unlock the complete potential of agricultural manufacturing areas throughout the nation.
Council additionally directed the Ministry of Agriculture and Meals Safety to seize in its 2026 price range, the set up of the agriculture information and management centre within the 6 geopolitical zones of the nation.
*UPDATE ON THE NATIONAL ECONOMIC COUNCIL AD-HOC COMMITTEE ON CRUDE OIL THEFT PREVENTION AND CONTROL PRESENTED BY THE CHAIRMAN, SEN. HOPE ODIDIKA UZODINMA, GOVERNOR OF IMO STATE.*
The Committee up to date Council that it has met a number of occasions and Members have fashioned a standard entrance to combat Oil Theft in Nigeria. Some Essential Stakeholders within the Trade have been invited for discussions to extract essential info that may additional the task of the Committee. The Committee additionally met with the Regulator NNPC, and a few operators within the business. Our willpower to boost oil manufacturing is knowledgeable by the Nation’s quest for a One Trillion US Greenback Financial system by the yr 2030.
NEXT STEPS
Beneath are the following steps the Committee intends to undertake:
A. Get hold of and analyze some necessary info/information from vital stakeholders to additional help its task.
B. Resolved to supply logistics assist to excellent States, Safety Companies and related Companies in securing Nationwide Oil and Fuel Belongings.
C. Embark on bodily visits by the Committee to all of the Crude Oil Export Terminals
D. Perform additional Forensic Investigation
E. Periodically monitor the implementation of actions outlined within the workplan
Council Decision:
Council counseled the committee for a job nicely achieved and urged concerted efforts to enhance crude manufacturing past the 1.72 million barrel per day and directed the committee to develop the scope of its work to cowl unlawful mining actions and theft of mineral assets throughout the nation.
Council additionally famous that Nigeria is heading in the right direction to hit 2.5 million barrels day by finish of 2025
Stanley Nkwocha
Senior Particular Assistant to The President on Media & Communications
(Workplace of The Vice President)
twenty third October, 2025
