Nigerian Governors Call Emergency Meeting

The 36 State Governors of Nigeria are to meet President Muhammadu Buhari, as soon as possible, to address security challenges across the country.

The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) made this known in a communiqué signed by Kayode Fayemi, its Chairman and Governor of Ekiti State, after its 22nd teleconference meeting on Friday in Abuja.

The communique explained that Buhari would particularly speak in the light of the attack on rice farmers in Borno State.

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It also said that the governors endorsed two proposals on infrastructure development funds’ loans.

According to the communique, the NGF agreed to: ‘direct State Attorneys-General to review the Water Resources Bill and send their input to the NGF secretariat as quickly as possible and to support the planned “COVID-19 Testing Week’ to be launched by the Presidential Task Force.’

 

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