Worried about the current state of the nation the Nigerian Governors Forum has summoned an emmergency meeting with the Speakers of the 36 state Assemblies in Abuja on Friday to deliberate on the rising insecurity and killings in the country
Head, Media and Public Affairs at the Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF), Mr Abdulrazaque Bello-Barkindo, who disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja, said that participants would brainstorm to find urgent solutions to pertinent issues of national importance.
“It is expected that Executive-Legislature harmony will occupy the minds of the 72 people in attendance,’’ Bello-Barkindo quoted the NGF Director-General, Mr Asishana Okauru, as having said.
He also quoted Okauru as saying that “the meeting aims at achieving rapid problem solving as crucial matters like the security of lives and property in Nigeria as a whole, will feature’’.
The statement added that the NGF chairman, Ekiti State’s Gov. Kayode Fayemi, had admonished governors to promptly facilitate and enable the Speakers in their various states to attend.
