22-08-2016 13:31 via news.yahoo.com

Nigeria's Buhari to ask for powers for emergency economic measures: source

ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari will ask parliament for extra powers allowing him to take "emergency" decisions to revive the economy, a government source said on Monday. The government put together a bill titled "Emergency economic stabilization" which will be submitted to parliament, the source said. (Reporting by Felix Onuah and Ulf Laessing; Editing by Andrew Heavens)
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