President Muhammadu Buhari has met with 36 governors in Abuja and tasked them on the need to redouble efforts in addressing infrastructure deficit in states in order to revamp the economy. The Chairman of the Governors’ forum and Governor of Zamfara, Alhaji Abdul’aziz Yari, said the president gave the challenge during a closed door with […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari and governors rose from a closed-door meeting over the controversial new national minimum wage without information on the settlement of the stalemate. The meeting which was held at the presidential villa had representatives of the Nigeria Governor’s Forum (NGF) in attendance. The governors after the meeting, however, refused to disclose the outcome […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari has confirmed the appointment and reappointment of some heads of parastatals. This was disclosed in a statement issued by Olusegun Adekunle, Permanent Secretary (General Services Office), Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation on Friday in Abuja. He appointed Folashodun Shonubi as the Deputy Governor, Central Bank of Nigeria […]
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Rochas Okorocha, governor of Imo state, says he led nine governors of the All progressives Congress (APC) to President Muhammadu Buhari because of the controversies which trailed the party’s primaries for 2019 elections. The national working committee (NWC) of the ruling party had screened out preferred candidates of some governors and also cancelled elections in […]
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Here is the least of all the All Progressives Congress APC governorship aspirants released today by the National Working Committee. The NWC has also rescheduled the party’s governorship primaries till 30th September 2018. The party’s acting National Publicity Secretary, Yekini Nabena, said this in Abuja, on Thursday. SOUTH SOUTH Akwa Ibom State . S/N . […]
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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governors’ Forum has condemned the refusal of President Muhammadu Buhari to sign the electoral act (amendment) bill. The forum made the condemnation in a communiqué signed by Ayodele Fayose, its chairman and governor of Ekiti state, after its meeting in in Abuja on Monday. The governors said the president’s decline of […]
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Governors under the auspices of the Nigerian Governors Forum (NGF) say they were not voted into power to pay salaries alone but also to provide good roads, electricity, education and other necessary amenities. They said this in response to the contentious issue of minimum wage implementation. The governors called for the examination of the national […]
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NIGERIA – Governors on Thursday met in Abuja to discuss issues that led to the deadlock of the last Federation Accounts and Allocation Committee (FAAC). The governors also met with Chris Ngige, minister of labour, to discuss the contentious minimum wage implementation as well as the issue of stamp duties which is currently in court. […]
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NIGERIA – Governors of the south-east states have said they are not going to provide any land in the region for establishment of cattle ranches. The governors made this decision in a meeting which held in Enugu state during the weekend. In attendance were Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, governor of Enugu, Dave Umahi, governor of Ebonyi, while […]
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The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) on Wednesday night met in Abuja to discuss issues of minimum wage, insecurity and other matters of interests for the development of the country. While the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) is proposing a minimum wage of N65,000 for workers, the governors have been insisting on the staggering of the implementation […]
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