Dwindling Economy: Buhari Appoints Dr. Oluyemi Dipeolu, SA On Economic Matters, Unveils Economic Team

President Muhammadu Buhari has just appointed Dr. Oluyemi Dipeolu as Special Adviser on Economic Matters.
The Senior Special Assistant to the Vice President on Media and Publicity, Mr Laolu Akande, disclosed this to Daily Trust Newspaper
The Presidency through Laolu Akande disclosed that President Muhammadu Buhari has an economic management team, following a media report that quoted some economic experts as urging the president to form his economic team. According to him, the economic team of President Buhari has been put in place since the inauguration of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) last November.
Dr. Oluyemi Dipeolu until his appointment in January a director in the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), has been working with the economic management team.
Akande said the economic management team is headed by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo. He listed the team’s key members as including the Minister of Budget and National Planning, Senator Udoma Udo Udoma; the Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun; the Minister of Trade, Industry and Investment, Okechukwu Enelamah; the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godswin Emefiele; and the Director-General of the Debt Management Office (DMO). He said the composition of the team was not static as Agriculture Minister Audu Ogbe and Information Minister Lai Mohammed as well as relevant permanent secretaries have also been involved.
The vice president’s aide said the team had since been meeting and engaging representatives of the private sector.
He noted that unlike what obtained in the past, Buhari’s administration did not make anybody from the private sector a member of the economic management team.