Tag: Governors
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2019: APC Governors meet Buhari in Abuja today
Governors elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) are billed to meet with President Muhammadu Buhari in their bid to pressure the president to seek re-election in 2019. The meeting which has been fixed for 2.p.m, may also deliberate on some national and party issues including the President’s disapproval of tenure elongation…
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VAIDS: Governors, others mount pressure on Buhari to extend deadline as amnesty ends today
As the tax amnesty under the Voluntary Assets and Income Declaration Scheme (VAIDS) ends on Saturday (today), some private sector players are said to be lobbying President Muhammadu Buhari to extend the amnesty period. An official at the Presidency, who craved for anonymity confided in newsmen on Friday that governors and company owners had called…
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Governors to connect South East states with 430km ring road
The South East Governors have undertaken to construct a ring road that will cover a total area of four hundred and thirty kilometers. Addressing journalists at the end of one day meeting of the Governors in Enugu, chairman of the forum and governor of Ebonyi State, Dave Umahi, said the ring road would connect all…
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Resign if you can’t pay salaries, TUC slams debtor governors
The Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) on Saturday advised state governors who could not address workers’ problems to resign. The TUC President, Mr Bobboi Kaigama, said in Lagos that workers could no longer vouch for state governments that non-payment of salaries was as a result of lack of funds. He said that the non-payment…
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Killings: Buhari must ban governors’ daily loyalty visits to Aso Rock – Shehu Sani
Senator representing Kaduna Central, Shehu Sani on Saturday condemned some state governors for embarking on loyalty visits to President Muhammadu Buhari in Aso Rock at the expense of the security of lives and properties of residents in their respective states. The outspoken lawmaker therefore urged President Buhari to henceforth ban the governors from embarking on…
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APC governors storm Daura for meeting with Buhari
Governors on the platform of the All Progressives Congress, APC, have arrived President Muhammadu Buhari’s hometown of Daura, Katsina State. According to speculations making the rounds in the media, Buhari is likely to inform the governors of his intention to seek reelection or not in 2019. Buhari had arrived Daura yesterday after inaugurating a project…
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Herdsmen/farmers clashes: Governors, not I have powers to create cattle colonies – Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday denied reports that the Federal Government has concluded plans to create cattle colony across the nation. The president insisted that governors and not him have the powers to give lands for grazing reserves. Buhari spoke at the South-South interactive meeting of Buhari Support Group in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State…
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Herdsmen, farmers crisis: Osinbajo, governors, security chiefs meet in Abuja
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Thursday met with seven state governors to discuss finding long lasting solutions to the recurring herdsmen/farmers clashes in the country. Briefing State House correspondents at the end of the meeting, chairman if the Nigeria Governors Forum, NGF, Zamfara state governor, Abdulaziz Yari said the meeting is a fallout of a…
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Farmers/herdsmen clashes: Osinbajo, nine governors form committee to tackle menace
As part of deliberate attempts to end the farmers/herdsmen incessant clashes that have cost several lose of lives and properties across the country, Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo and nine state governors have constituted a committee with the mandate to end the killings. The Vice President is chairman of the committee. This was one of…
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Constitution amendment: Governors meet in Abuja
Governors of the 36 states in Nigeria met on Wednesday evening under the aegis of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum. The meeting, the first of its kind in 2018, was held at the old Banquet Hall of the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The forum’s chairman and Zamfara State Governor, Alhaji Abdulaziz Yari, presided over the meeting that…