Governors from the 36 states of the federation met in Abuja, the country’s capital, for a crucial meeting weeks after the Supreme Court granted financial autonomy to local government areas in the nation.
Under the aegis of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF), they met at the NGF Secretariat in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
Those present at the venue were Governors Lawal Dauda (Zamfara), Bala Mohammed (Bauchi), Caleb Mutfwang (Plateau), Sheriff Oborevwori (Delta), and Alex Otti (Abia).
The governors of Enugu, Peter Mbah and Borno States, Babagana Zulum, sent their deputies to represent them.
The motive of the meeting wasn’t disclosed, and they didn’t brief the media after the meeting was concluded.
In any case, the Lead Representative at their last meeting, vowed to give Nigerian workers a fair minimum wage, and this was the first public meeting of the forum since President Bola Tinubu approved a N70,000 minimum wage for workers in the country.
As a forum, the Lead Representatives were supposed to deliberate on the planned nationwide protest against bad governance by youths scheduled to hold in August.
