By Chidi Nkwopara

OWERRI—Barring any unforeseen circumstances, the wives of 17 Governors of the Southern states of the country will storm Owerri, Imo State capital today, for a two-day summit.

According to a press statement by the Chief Press Secretary to Imo State Governor, Mr. Sam Onwuemeodo, “the governors whose wives are expected to attend the convivial parley in Owerri are those of Abia, Anambra, Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa, Cross River, Delta, Ebonyi, Edo, Enugu, Ekiti, Lagos, Ogun, Ondo, Oyo, Osun, Rivers and the host, Imo.”

While recalling that Mrs. Nkechi Okorocha was last January, elected by her colleagues to chair the body, Onwuemeodo also disclosed that “the Owerri meeting would discuss issues that would add tremendous values to the progress of their respective states, the Southern part of the country and the nation generally.”

The CPS also said that this was the first time in the history of the country that the wives of the governors of the 17 Southern states would be coming together to brainstorm, in the overall interest of the area and the nation at large.

“The wife of the President, Hajia Muhammadu Buhari, had also given nod to the arrangement in the spirit of the new dispensation of taking power back to the grassroot”, Onwuemeodo said.