Th e governors of the six states in the South-west are to converge on Abeokuta, the Ogun state capital, today. According to a statement, the meeting will address the challenges confronting the region and to set goals towards ensuring the development of the region. Th e Commissioner for Regional Integration in Ogun state, Adebola Adeife, in the statement yesterday, explained that the meeting was under the platform of Development Agenda for Western Nigeria (DAWN). “Ogun state Governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, will host his colleagues from the Southwest, under the platform of the Development Agenda for Western Nigeria (DAWN) Commission at the MITROS Gateway Annex, Ibara, Abeokuta on Monday.
“Th e meeting will address the challenges confronting the region and set goals towards ensuring it becomes a force to be reckon with in the nation,” the statement read in part. He added that other areas of common interest that the forum would deliberate upon, include security, education, agriculture, infrastructure, rail and road networks. “Expected at the one-day meeting are, Governors of Ekiti state, Mr. Ayodele Fayose; Lagos state, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode; Ondo state, Arakunrin Rotimi Akeredolu; Osun state, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola and Oyo state, Senator Abiola Ajimobi.” Adeife said the host governor, Ibikunle Amosun, believed the forum would further deepen multilateral and bilateral cooperation, among the states
