Gov. Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti is the new chairman of the Nigeria Governors\u2019 Forum (NGF) through a consensus.
\nBut the Governor \u00f2f Bayelsa State, the Honorable Henry Seriake Dickson, has emerged Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governors Forum
\nThe former Chairman \u00f2f the PDP Governors Forum, Governor Ibrahim Dankwambo \u00f2f Gombe State announced Governor Dickson\u2019s emergence after a meeting at the Gombe State Governors Lodge, Abuja on Wednesday night.
\nGov. Abdul\u2019aziz Yari of Zamfara, the outgoing chairman of the NGF announced the emergence of Fayemi after a meeting held on Wednesday night in Abuja.
\nYari said Fayemi was nominated by Malam Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State, seconded by the Governor of Delta, Ifeanyi Okowa and unanimously elected by the governors to lead the forum till 2021.
\nGov. Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State emerged the vice Chairman of the forum from 2019 to 2021.
\nThe PDP Governors meeting was attended by all the PDP governors, the President \u00f2f Senate, Dr. Bukola Saraki, the Speaker \u00f2f the House \u00f2f Representatives , Yakubu Dogara, the Chairman \u00f2f the PDP, Prince Uche Secondus.
\nShortly after presenting the new Chairman \u00f2f the PDP Governors Forum to Journalists, Dankwambo said that the governors elected under the platform expressed concern over the state of insecurity in the country.
\nAccording to him, the governors were worried by the adverse effects of the growing insecurity on food production in the country.
\nHe added further that the governors decried the situation where farmers are scared of going to the farms in fear of being killed or kidnapped.
\nThe Governors called on President Muhammad Buhari to address the serious challenge by declaring a state of emergency on security.
\nThe full body of Governors under NGF chose the opportunity of their meeting to frown at the National Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU) guidelines on the operation of Local Government accounts.
\nThe guidelines according to Governor Yari, the oit-going NGF head, sought to impose restriction on the powers of states and local governments to operate within constitutionally approved parameters.
\n\u201cThe new guidelines have no legal basis under the NFIU Act and are contrary to constitutional provisions which put the State Joint Local Government Account under the legislation of the State Houses of Assembly.
\n\u201cThe guidelines will also be detrimental to the interest of States and local governments by crippling programmes such as the Universal Basic Education programme, Primary Health Care Under One Roof, as well as the payment of the salaries of teachers, medical doctor and health workers among others which are primarily funded by state governments.\u201d
\nOn the call by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governors to declare state of emergency on issue of insecurity, Yari said that they had all agreed to meet President Muhammadu Buhari for one-on-one discussion.
\n\u201cThe issue of security is under the mandate of Mr president, we are supporting him because he is the Commander-in-Chief\u00a0and we hope to come up with solutions with him, \u201d he said.
\n\u201cThe issue of security is under the mandate of Mr president, we are supporting him because he is the Commander-in-Chief\u00a0and we hope to come up with solutions with him”, he said.
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