As Oil Price drops further, Give Priority to Salaries Payment —Buhari orders Minister

President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday met with the Presidential Committee on the impact of the coronavirus on Nigeria’s economy, and directed the Ministry of Finance and National Planning to give priority to payment of salaries and support for vulnerable people, even as crude oil price dropped further. Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, who chairs the presidential committee, said this in Abuja while answering questions from State House correspondents at the end of the meeting. She said the president also directed the committee to put in place measures meant to...