Members of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) held an in-person meeting at the Forum’s Secretariat in Abuja on Wednesday night.
Fifteen lead representatives, predominantly of the All Progressives Congress (APC), were available at the meeting as of the time of documenting this report.
Lead representative Alex Otti of Abia State elected on the platform of the Labour Party (LP) and his Anambra State partner, Chukwuma Soludo of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), were the only opposition Lead Representatives in participation.
The agenda of the meeting was not made accessible to journalists as of press time, but the Lead Representatives have, for quite a long time, been confronted with the tax reform bills introduced by President Bola Tinubu to the National Assembly.
The new tax bills presented by the Tinubu administration have been encompassed in boundless controversy and sparked scathing criticisms and stiff resistance from many, including the 36 state Lead Representatives under the aegis of the National Economic Council (NEC).
The Nineteen Lead Representatives in northern Nigeria have additionally unequivocally dismissed sections of the bills and required the withdrawal of the bills from the National Assembly.
