Tag: northern governors
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Amotekun: South West Governors must operate within law – Northern Governors
The Northern Governors Forum has charged their southern counterparts to operate the just launched Western Nigeria security outfit code named ‘Operation Amotekun’ within the nation’s laws. Chairman of the forum and Governor of Plateau State, Simon Lalong said on Friday that Northern Governors have a different opinion on the desirability of regional security outfit in…
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JUST IN: Northern govs dump FG’s RUGA initiative, announces new approach to end herders/farmers clashes
Northern Governors have risen from their emergency meeting in Kaduna on Thursday to dump the controversial Rural Grazing Area (RUGA) policy for National Livestock Transformation Plan, as best way to tackle the age long herder/farmers clashes in the region. They also resolved to continue to adopt a sustainable and holistic approach towards tackling the security…
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Northern governors commiserate with Ortom, condemn fresh killings in Agatu
The Northern Governors Forum has condemned the killing of 25 people in Agatu, Benue. The people were killed on Sunday at a Church service at Okokolo Village of Agatu Local Government Area of the state. The forum in a statement by its Chairman, Gov. Simon Lalong of Plateau,described the killings as a heinous crime that…
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Northern governors react as Buhari suspends RUGA initiative
The Northern Governors’ Forum has called for calm following the suspension of the “Ruga” cattle settlement project. President Muhammadu Buhari had to suspend the implementation of the over N12 billion Ruga project which was meant to be created across the 36 states of the federation as a result of the public outcry that greeted the…
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No northern governor effortlessly allocate lands for building of church – Kukah
The Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Sokoto, Matthew Kukah, has accused Northern governors of marginalizing Christians in the region. Kukah said no Northern governor will “effortlessly sign a certificate of occupancy for the building of a church” in the region. He said this during the launch of books “Sect and social disorder” and…
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[Photos] Buhari receives six Northern Governors in Abuja
President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday hosted Governors Nasir El-Rufai (Kaduna); Yahaya Bello (Kogi); Tanko Al-Makura (Nasssarawa); Mohammed Abubakar (Bauchi); Abdullahi Ganduje (Kano) and Ibrahim Gaidam (Yobe) at the State House in Abuja. The pictures from the meeting were posted on the President’s official handle @MBuhari, @NGRPresident. See pictures from the meeting below:
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Biafra: Nnamdi Kanu is a criminal – Northern Governors
…says Southeast politicians responsible for zone’s backwardness The Northern governors have described the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, as an ‘ordinary criminal’. The governors who made the remarks on the sidelines of their visit to the East following the crisis in the area said backwardness of the region is not because of…
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BIAFRA: Gov Ikpeazu saved Nigeria from danger – Shettima
The Chairman of the Northern Governors Forum and the Governor of Borno State, Alhaji Kashim Shettima, has commended the wisdom and leadership exhibited by Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State in handling the recent security challenge in Abia State. Shettima stated this when he led a delegation of the Northern Governors to Abia State. He…
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Photos: Meeting of Northern Governors committee on restructuring
The Northern Governors committee on restructuring held its inaugural meeting on Wednesday in Kaduna. See photos below: L-R: Governors Umar Tanko Almakura of Nassarawa State, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal of Sokoto and Deputy Governor of Plateau State, Professor Sonni Tyoden at the inaugural meeting of Northern Governors Forum/Norther Traditional Leaders Council’s committee on restructuring of Nigerian…
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Northern Governors set up 12-man committee on restructuring
The Northern States Governors Forum has set up a 12-man committee to come up with the region’s position on Nigeria’s restructuring. A communiqué issued after a two-day meeting of the governors in Kaduna on Friday said Gov. Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State would serve as Chairman of the committee with the Deputy Governor of Plateau…