Tag: southern governors
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Southern Nigeria Governors back States to collect VAT, insist 2023 presidency be zoned to region
Southern Nigeria Governors back States to collect VAT
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Months after meeting in Lagos, Delta States; Southern Governors converge again in Enugu
Members of the Southern Governors’ Forum are currently meeting in Enugu, just about months after they converged in Nigeria’s oil rich state, Delta with a follow up meeting in the nation’s commercial nerve centre, Lagos State.
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VAT: Gombe State Govt begs Southern Governors
VAT: Gombe State Govt begs Southern Governors
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Masari queues behind Southern colleagues, considers banning open grazing in Katsina
Katsina State Governor, Aminu Masari, has hinted that his administration is considering banning open grazing in the state.
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Northern elders, groups blast Southern governors; reject power shift to south, deadline for implementation of anti-open grazing laws, others
The Northern Elders Forum and other interest groups on Tuesday slammed the 17 southern governors for demanding power shift to the South in 2023. TheNewsGuru.com, TNG reports that the southern governors met in Lagos on Monday and reinforced resolutions reached at their May 11 meeting in Asaba, the Delta State capital. They insisted that power…
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Southern Governors set deadline for promulgation of anti-open grazing law in region
Southern Governors have set September 1, 2021, as the deadline for the promulgation of anti-open grazing law among its member states. The governors jointly agreed on the date during their meeting on Monday in Lagos. “The forum frowns at selective criminal administration of Justice and resolved that arrests should be made within the ambit of…
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BREAKING: [2023] Southern Governors pick region as next to produce Nigeria’s president
The 17 Southern governors on Monday agreed that Nigeria’s next president should emerge from their (southern) region. The governors also set September 21, 2021, as the deadline for the promulgation of anti-open grazing law among its member states. Chairman of the Southern Governors’ Forum, Rotimi Akeredolu, said this while addressing journalists on Monday, after a…
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Ayade, Obiano absent as Sanwo-Olu hosts Southern governors in Lagos
A meeting of the Southern Governors’ Forum scheduled for today has begun. The meeting is hosted by Lagos Governor Bababjide Sanwo-Olu. Governors in attendance include Seyi Makinde (Oyo); Dapo Abiodun (Ogun); Gboyega Oyetola (Osun); Kayode Fayemi (Ekiti) and Nyesom Wike (Rivers). Others are Duoye Diri (Bayelsa); Emeka Ugwuanyi (Enugu); Rotimi Akeredolu (Ondo); Ifeanyi Okowa (Delta);…
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Weeks after ‘Asaba Accord’, Southern governors meet again in Lagos on Monday
Southern governors will on Monday converge in Lagos for a meeting, following the recent one held last May 11, 2021, in Asaba, the Delta State capital, which focus was on recent happenings in the polity and security concerns in the country and particularly in their domain. The planned meeting, which is to be hosted by…
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Why Southern Governors recommended national dialogue, true federalism – Okowa
Delta Governor Ifeanyi Okowa has explained why the Southern Governors’ Forum’s called for national dialogue. Southern Governors, in a communiqué after their meeting in Asaba in May, called for dialogue and true federalism. The call, he said, was to allow for frank discussions on challenges confronting the country. Okowa, who spoke in Asaba on Thursday,…