Governors of the 36 states under the aegis of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) have agreed an inter-state lockdown for atleast two weeks in a bid to contain the spread of coronavirus. Ekiti state Governor Kayode Fayemi who is also the NGF chairman revealed that the governors reached the agreement at the end of their teleconference on Covid-19. According to Read More
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has asked President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo to provide information on the summary of the assets, specifically property and income as contained in their asset declaration forms submitted to the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB). In a Freedom of Information requests sent by Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) to the Presidency, Read More
The House of Representatives has rejected a bill seeking a single term of six years for the president and state governors. Sponsored by Hon. John Dyegh, the bill which was listed on Tuesday’s Order Paper of the House for second reading was rejected through voice votes by members. In addition, the bill which was seeking amendment to certain provisions of Read More
South-East governors forum, Tuesday promised to bring Nnamdi Kanu back to Nigeria to face the consequences of the acts by Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) should any Igbo leader or stakeholder be touched again by the group. The Governors made this known in a terse statement signed by chairman of the forum and Governor of Ebonyi state, Engr. David Umahi and made Read More
Ekiti state Governor, Kayode Fayemi on Tuesday led his colleagues on a courtesy visit to the new Group Managing Director of Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Mallam Mele Kyari. Details loading…
State governors have disowned their former colleague, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, over the armoury claim in Government Houses across all states of the federation, asking him to sort himself out on the issue. The governors, who variously spoke through their spokespersons, said there was never a time they stockpiled arms and ammunition. Former Governor Amosun made the allegation Tuesday Read More
The burden of foreign and local debts has become a major challenge for the new governors as well as those serving their second term in office, Blueprint has reliably gathered. Although most of the new governors are yet to officially come up to terms with the huge debts they met on assumption of office, sources close to some of them Read More
The election last week of Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti state as the new chairman of the Nigerian Governors Forum (NGF) is a welcome development. The emergence of Fayemi, who succeeds Abdulaziz Yari (having completed his terms of eight years as the Governor of Zamfara state), portends a good omen for the local government restructuring policy of the Buhari government. Read More
Ahead of Wednesday’s inauguration of their successors, 12 governors Tuesday rounded off their tenure in their various states, with some scoring themselves high as performers. The states are Yobe, Bauchi, Gombe, Borno, Imo, Lagos, Ogun, Oyo, Nasarawa, Kwara, Zamfara and Adamawa. While some completed a two-term tenure, others were not that lucky in their return bid. Yobe Speaking at the valedictory session/handing Read More
The welfare of workers in this part of the world largely depends on the personality of the presidents and governors. TOPE SUNDAY and ABDULRAHMAN ZAKARIYAU in this report raise a poser that where are the worker-friendly governors? Regrettably, the nation’s civil servants have to embark on strike to demand for a better welfare package, both at the state and federal Read More
From left : Niger state Governor Abubakar Bello;Nasarawa state Governor-elect Abdul Sule; Plateau state Governor Solomon Lalong; and Ogun state Governor Ibikunle Amosun, during the dinner organised in honour of the governors-elect and farewell for outgoing governors by the Nigeria Governors Forum in Abuja Sunday. Photo : Ayuba Raji
A crucial meeting on the new minimum wage between Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and state Governors. Details loading…
The Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF) meeting ahead of Thursday’s National Economic Council (NEC) meeting over the controversial N30,000 new minimum wage failed to hold on Wednesday as a result of lack of quorum. Out of the 36 governors that made up of the NGF, only governors of Zamfara, Bauchi, Jigawa, Niger and Adamawa and the deputy governors of Kaduna, Enugu, Read More
Director General, National Taskforce on Small Arms, Light and Chemical Weapons, Dr Emmanuel Okereke, has raised the alarm over alleged stockpiling of ammunitions by some state governors and other political players ahead of the forthcoming general elections. The allegation is coming just 31 days to the Presidential/National Assembly Elections, and 46 days to the Governorship/House of Assembly polls. Raising the alarm Read More
As indigenes of Benue state we cannot fold our arms and keep quiet and allow Governor Samuel Ortom to rule us as he likes. I have observed his administration for the past 3 years and discovered that he has failed us in the dividend of democracy in Benue state. We want to know how he used the money collected as Read More
Ebonyi state Governor, David Umahi has commended the Federal government for capturing Southeast in their railway projects but insisted that South-East Governors are working for the project to be pushed to the Federal Executive Council (FEC). Umahi who said that one of the risen southeast governors visited President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday was to talk about the much adorned second Read More
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday had a close-door meeting with governors elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) at the Council Chamber of Presidential Villa, Abuja. The meeting which started at 2:15 ended at 3:30pm, and couldn’t resolve the contentious tenure elongation for the members of the national and state executive committees of the party. The governors declined Read More
The Northeast Special Town Hall security meetings which were held last Monday in Maiduguri was deserted, as none of the governors in the zone attended the meeting, leaving the host Governor Kashim Shettima only in attendance. The meeting which was considered as timely and important was centered on the security challenges which have been bedeviling the region from 2009 to Read More
As part of its deliberations at its resumed sitting Thursday, the Working Group set up by the National Economic Council, NEC, on the Herdsmen-Farmers violence in some parts of the country has constituted a Sub-Committee to visit frontline States in the conflict, hold consultations with stakeholders and interested parties on how to end the conflicts. At the meeting presided over Read More
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday directed governors of the 36 states of the federation to ensure that salaries and entitlements of workers are paid before Christmas. Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo state, who disclosed this to State House correspondents after a close-door meeting the governors had with the President at the Presidential Villa in Abuja, said the President is worried Read More
The governors of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) have declared that the issue of automatic ticket for President Muhammadu Buhari to seek re-election is not in contention, adding that no other contestant is credible enough to fly the party’s ticket. The governors believe that President Buhari’s integrity, coupled with his performance since 2015 remain unbeatable. Speaking separately with newsmen Read More
Governors of the 36 states of the federation have said that at no point during their visit to the Presidential Villa did President Muhammadu Buhari blast them or show displeasure over inability of some state governments to pay workers salaries as reported by some media organisations. Chairman of the Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF) and governor of Zamfara state, Mr. Abdulaziz Read More
…Backs Buhari’s directive to W/Bank over North’s development Governors of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) have insisted that the party will uphold its constitution as regards election of the party’s presidential flag-bearer ahead of the 2019 general elections. This is coming even as the party said it fully supports of President Muhammadu’s directive to the World Bank on the Read More
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