President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice President
Yemi Osinbajo are currently meeting behind closed-doors with all State governors.
The meeting, holding inside the Council
Chambers of the Presidential Villa, Abuja, is the first of its kind since
Buhari’s inauguration on May 29.
Issues such as the debts being owed state
governments by the Federal Government and the lifeline being sought by State governors in order to meet their states’ demands are expected to dominate
discussions at the meeting.
The meeting started at exactly 10.10am with the arrival of the President.
The meeting started at exactly 10.10am with the arrival of the President.
Among state governors in attendance when the
meeting started were those of Rivers, Ogun, Imo, Gombe, Benue, Delta, Niger, Kano, Katsina, Zamfara, Kogi, Borno and Jigawa.
Others were governors of Kebbi, Kwara, Taraba,
Ekiti, Ondo, Kaduna, Oyo, Osun, Edo, Anambra, Sokoto, Ebonyi, Lagos, Adamawa, Cross Rivers, Akwa Ibom and Yobe States.
Plateau and Bayelsa States were represented by
their deputy governors.
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