VP Osinbajo Chairs Economic Sustainability Committee (ESC)

_"The President today constituted an Economic Sustainability Committee he asked me to chair, on how to implement strategies to alleviate sufferings of Nigerians at this time,"_ VP Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, said at a Google Hangout where young Nigerian tech innovators discussed impact of COVID-19.

The Committee is to take care of the economic challenges and fallouts of the pandemic and consequential restrictions.

Besdies developing further palliatives, the committee will also develop a sustainability plan on repositioning the economy and growing the non-oil sector.

Members include Ministers of Finance, Budget and Planning; Industry, Trade and Investment; Labour; Petroleum Resources - state; CBN Governor, GMD NNPC, with the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation as Secretary.

The Google Hangout was organized by HACK COVID-19 Call Center in Abuja, earlier today.

The *HACK COVID-19* is a private sector initiative to share solutions, public information and ideas on COVID-19 and how public and private sector can collaborate on the response to the pandemic.

The Google Hangout was moderated by *Ore Disu* and other tech innovators who participated online.

*Laolu Akande,*
Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity to the Vice President of Nigeria,
Prof Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, GCON.
30-03-2020.