Tag: Meeting
Governors in Aso Rock, say, ‘we’ll spend more money to contain insecurity’
The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) says it is willing to spend more to help contain the insecurity ravaging the nation, adding it is against ethnic profiling of crime and criminality in the country. The NGF Chairman, Gov. Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State, gave this indication when he briefed State House correspondents after an emergency meeting ...Insecurity: Governors to meet Buhari; insist stamp duties belong to states
The 36 state governors are to meet President Muhammadu Buhari, as soon as possible, to address security challenges across the country, the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) said. The forum disclosed this in a communiqué signed by its Chairman and Governor of Ekiti State, Kayode Fayemi, after its 22nd teleconference meeting in Abuja on Friday. According ...South-south to FG: Only restructuring, true federalism will bring peace, progress
South-South Governors and leaders on Tuesday, insisted that Nigeria needs to be restructured along the lines of true federalism and devolution of powers to the federating units. According to a statement from Delta Government House, Asaba on Tuesday, the leaders and people from the region made the demand at a consultative meeting with a Federal ...Meeting: South-south lists seven things Federal Government must do
The six Governors of the South-south and leaders in the zone have through Chairman of South South Governor’s Forum, Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa, made the following demands from the Federal Government at the rescheduled meeting which held Tuesday in Port Harcourt. Below are the demands: Immediate relocation of headquarters of oil multinational to their operational bases ...Botched Meeting: Angry South-South leaders, Governors demand apology from Buhari
The Governors and leaders of the South-South geopolitical region have demanded for an unreserved apology from President Muhammadu Buhari for abruptly aborting a crucial stakeholders meeting scheduled to hold in Port Harcourt on Tuesday. The presidency had fixed a meeting for Tuesday with the Governors and other leaders of the region to discuss burning national ...Buhari, Akufo-Addo meet in Aso Rock, discuss closure of Nigerian shops
President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday night met behind closed doors with President Nana Akufo-Addo of Ghana at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Bashir Ahmad, the President’s Personal Assistant on New Media, confirmed this on his Twitter handle. The presidential aide, who could not elaborate on the agenda of the meeting between the two leaders, however, posted ...APC Governors meet Buhari: Party crisis, insecurity top agenda
President Muhammadu Buhari is currently meeting with the leadership of the Progressives Governors Forum, led by Gov. Atiku Bagudu, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Bagudu was accompanied by Governors Simon Lalong of Plateau and Badaru Abubakar of Jigawa. The agenda of the meeting between the president and the governors was unknown as at the time ...Osinbajo, others meet in Aso Rock, plot strategy for post-Covid-19 survival
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Thursday at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, presided over the meeting of the Economic Sustainability Committee (ESC) set up to address the economic fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic. President Muhammadu Buhari had on March 30, set up the committee to develop a clear economic sustainability plan that would run till 2023. ...Jonathan in closed door meeting with Buhari; declines comments
Immediate past president of Nigeria, President Goodluck Jonathan, was a surprise guest of President Muhammadu Buhari in Aso Rock on Thursday. The meeting was brief and lasted for barely 15 minutes. It was his fifth visit to Buhari and the first visit since 2016. Jonathan who looked rested and relaxed beamed with his usual smile ...Insecurity: Buhari, Northern Governors in emergency meeting
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday met behind closed doors with members of the Northern Governors’ Forum at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Speaking to State House correspondents at the end of the meeting, Gov. Aminu Masari, said that the governors were in the villa to seek presidential intervention in addressing the menace of Boko Haram in ...
