 On business news, the IKT state governor, Coyote Fiammi, has said that the state needs to introduce measures to reduce expenditure. Fiammi said that this becomes important to the face of the current economic situation in the country, worsened by the inability of government to remove subsidy on petroleum. This was disclosed at a stakeholders engagement on the state of the state's economy held in Adu IKT. Fiammi said the state is considering lots of measures including reduction in some subvention to higher institutions, suspension of consequential adjustment to the minimum wage, and reduction in grants to government ministries, agencies and parastatals. The clear impression is that our situation is going to continue to get worse. With what NNPC has come out to say to us, I think on our part as a state, we have also been postponing the evil day for so long and our alternatives have narrowed down considerably. The first option we have, in order to be able to tackle this in my view, is that we must find a way to increase internally generated revenue significantly. The Chairman, IKT State Council of Traditional Rulers Oba Adibadi Alabi, Chairman, Nigerian Labour Congress Kolakbo Latunde and others who spoke at the forum admonished the state government not to be deterred by the current economic situation but to consider and utilize inherent opportunities. The Consumers, with a great support, so that in the short term, we will be able to get back to you,