*Say it is unconstitutional
By Henry Umoru

ABUJA- THE thirty-six states governors under the aegis, Nigeria Governors’ Forum, NGF, yesterday asked the federal government to suspend the operation of the Sovereign Wealth Fund Act, SWF until all  issues concerning the fund are resolved.

Rising from a meeting held at the Rivers State Governor’s Lodge, Asokoro, the governors’ described the SWF as unconstitutional.

Reading a communiqué at the end of the meeting which started 6.30pm and ended 11.25 pm, chairman of the Forum and Governor of Rivers state, Rotimi Amaechi noted that the governors also agreed to support the United Nations initiative on Constructive Competition on the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals, MDGs at the State level.

He also said  the governors resolved that power should be de-regulated and de-centralised after listening to the presentation of the Executive Chairman, Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC.

The forum also reaffirmed its commitment to the eradication of Polio in Nigeria, even as it commended the states that participated in the campaign and urged others to key into the programme.

The governors will today make their positions known to the National Economic Council.

 Present at the meeting were governors of Anambra, Edo, Ekiti, Delta, Adamawa, Kaduna, Niger, Akwa ibom, Sokoto, Imo and Rivers.

Also present were deputy- governors of Ebonyi, Bayelsa, Yobe, Kebbi, Jigawa, Nasarawa, Kogi, Cross River, Zamfara, Katsina; Ondo and Kwara.