President Bola Tinubu has set up an economic advisory committee made up of the federal government, sub-nationals and the private sector.

The president announced the setting up of the committee shortly after a meeting with key stakeholders on efforts to improve the nation’s economy, especially in view of the present down town.

At the meeting were the chairman of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote; the group chairman of Transnational Corporation Plc (Transcorp), Tony Elumelu; founder of BUA group, Abdulsamad Rabiu; president of the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria, MAN, Segun Ajayi-Kadir.

Also present were the governor of Anambra State, Chukwuma Soludo and his Ogun State counterpart, Dapo Abiodun.

While announcing the setting up of the committee in Abuja on Sunday, the president said the effort was a continuation of government’s determination to stabilise the economy.

The efforts, he added, would ensure the best economic future for the country.

His words: “Let’s look at what we’re doing right and what we’re doing wrong to bring life back to the economy. Like I said, many times, the people of this country are only the people who we have to please.

“And we are very much concerned from students to mothers and fathers, farmers, the traders and realising that everyone of us will have to fetch water from the same well.

“We are looking for additional efforts that might help the downtrodden Nigerians and we will provide that hope and reassurance that economic recovery is on its way.

“We are not saying that we have all the answers. But we will not be blamed for not trying. We assure Nigerians that we will do our best to get our marshall plan in place and fashion out the best economic future for this country.”