*** Set Up a 7- Member Committee to Meet with National Economic Council, NLC, Others *** As Governors Kick over deductions from the Federation Allocation of the 774 local governments of the country to construct and equip healthcare centres *** Constitute Governor Fayemi Led Committee to brainstorm with Buhari, FG, Others on the matter By […]

By Henry Umoru – Abuja The thirty- six State Governors under the aegis of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum, NGF will be meeting today, with the nation’s economy topping the agenda for discourse. The Governors who will be holding the 17th NGF teleconference meeting since the outbreak of the Coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic will be brainstorming on […]

As part of efforts to mitigate the debilitating effects of COVID-19, states are being encouraged by the World Bank and Nigerian Governors’ Forum, NGF, to grant tax reliefs to individuals and businesses in order to reflate their economies and ensure recovery.

The Nigeria Governors Forum, NGF, has agreed that there should be a sex offenders register in each state to name and shame perpetrators of sexual and gender-based violence, GBV, and to declare a state of emergency on the twin issues. The agreements were contained in a communique issued in Abuja, Thursday, by Chairman of Nigeria […]

By Johnbosco Agbakwuru The Chairman, Northern Governors’ Forum (NGF) and also the Plateau State Governor, Simon Lalong on Friday revealed that the Northern States in Nigeria are “already neck-deep in community policing”. Lalong stated this while responding to questions by correspondents on his visit to State House, Abuja to brief Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari on […]