The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) has scheduled a meeting in Abuja on Wednesday, January 19, 2022 where important and pressing national issues will be discussed.
Spokesman for the NGF, Mr. Abdulrazaque Bello-Barkindo, who disclosed this in a statement yesterday, described the meeting as a “very crucial meeting.”
According to him, the maiden meeting in 2022 will deliberate on intervention programmes such as the regular updates from the NGF’s state fiscal transparency accountability and sustainability programme, coronavirus aid, economy, security, among others.
The statement reads: “The chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum and Governor of Ekiti State, Dr John Kayode Fayemi is inviting all the 36 Governors to a very crucial meeting where pressing national concerns will be discussed.
“The meeting is for Wednesday January 19th 2022.
“According to an invitation issued by the director general of the forum, Mr. Asishana Bayo Okauru at the weekend and sent to all the respective governors, the meeting, which will be the first in 2022, will be an in-person meeting as opposed to the regular virtual ones, to effectively convey the messages of the meeting, which are all characterised under item 2 of the agenda titled matters arising.
“To also feature prominently are the interventions programs like the regular updates from the Nigeria Governors’ Forum State Fiscal Transparency, Accountability and Sustainability (SFTAS) team and another on CARES, as well as a few presentations.
“The meeting, which will commence at 8pm, will be at the NGF Secretariat in Abuja, where the NGF chairman will thereafter, accompanied by all the 36 governors, address a press conference.”
