The 14th Nigerian Governors’ Forum Teleconference will hold on Wednesday to discuss the “rapidly degenerating security situation in the country.”
NGF Director General, Mr Asishana Bayo Okauru, in an invitation sent out to the 36 state governors, said the attack on Borno State Governor, Prof Babagana Umara Zulum, would be on the agenda.
According to the NGF, the invitation is in line with the security and policing swamp that the country had found itself.
The statement revealed that the state governors will also preview a webinar, which comes up on the 11th of August, driven through a partnership of the Nigeria Governors Forum and the Centre for Value in Leadership led by Professor Pat Utomi.
One such webinar, which will come under the governors’ searchlight, the statement added, had taken place last month where the Governor of Lagos State Mr Babajide Sanwo- x-rayed “Insecurity and the challenges of Governance and Leadership in the New Normal” as it affects his state.
The inauguration of the distribution of palliatives by the Coalition Against COVID19, (populated by the likes of Alhaji Aliko Dangote and Access Bank along with other well-meaning philanthropists) in the states will also be addressed, as well as the issue of states yet to access funds at UBEC.
The governors will also review the resumption of schools and its roll-out plan.
Apart from security and education, the permanent items on the Teleconferences since the pandemic, health and the economy, will also make it to the table.
The Governor Ifeanyi Okowa Committee of the NGF, which interfaces with the Presidential Task Force on the Pandemic, will brief the governors on progress so far before they discuss the economy.
Under this item, progress on the States’ Fiscal Transparency, Accountability and Sustainability program SFTAS will be debated.There will also be updates on the restructuring of states’ loans during tomorrow’s meeting, which will commence at 2 pm prompt but the virtual platform will be open to join an hour earlier.