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President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday met with state governors in the Council Chamber of the State House, Abuja.
The enlarged meeting, which started when Buhari arrived the Chamber at 10:11am, will focus on the prevailing cash crunch in the country.
Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) had last Wednesday resolved to demand payment for various federal projects executed by the states from the Federal Government.
The money, they said, will go a long way in settling the backlog of salaries owed workers in their various states.
While it was claimed that some of the states were being owed between N10 billion and N50 billion, the governors had maintained that there would be no reason for the states to seek bailout from the federal government if the debts had been paid.
But President Buhari had on Monday claimed that he inherited empty treasury from the Goodluck Jonathan’s administration.
Among the Governors present in the Chamber when the meeting started on Tuesday are -Emmanuel Udom (Akwa Ibom) , Bindow Jibrilla (Adamawa), Samuel Ortom (Benue), Kashim Shettima (Borno), Prof. Ben Ayade (Cross River), Ifeanyi Okowa (Delta), Dave Umahi (Ebonyi), Ibrahim Dankwambo (Gombe) and Rochas Okorocha (Imo).
Others are – Alhaji Badaru Abubakar (Jigawa), Nasir El-Rufai (Kaduna), Dr Abdullahi Ganduje (Kano), Aminu Masari (Katsina), Atiku Bagudu (Kebbi), Abdulfatah Ahmed (Kwara), Akinwunmi Ambode (Lagos), Umaru Al-Makura (Nasarawa), -Alhaji Abubakar Sani Bello (Niger), Ibikunle Amosun (Ogun), Abiola Ajimobi (Oyo).
Also at the meeting are – Nyesom Wike (Rivers), Aminu Tambuwal (Sokoto), Darius Ishaku (Taraba), -Ibrahim Gaidam (Yobe), Abdulaziz Yari (Zamfara), Willie Obiano (Anambra), Adams Oshiomhole (Edo), Ayo Fayose (Ekiti), Idris Wada (Kogi), Olusegun Mimiko (Ondo)and Rauf Aragbesola (Osun).
Plateau and Bayelsa States were represented by their deputy governors.
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The enlarged meeting, which started when Buhari arrived the Chamber at 10:11am, will focus on the prevailing cash crunch in the country.
Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) had last Wednesday resolved to demand payment for various federal projects executed by the states from the Federal Government.
The money, they said, will go a long way in settling the backlog of salaries owed workers in their various states.
While it was claimed that some of the states were being owed between N10 billion and N50 billion, the governors had maintained that there would be no reason for the states to seek bailout from the federal government if the debts had been paid.
But President Buhari had on Monday claimed that he inherited empty treasury from the Goodluck Jonathan’s administration.
Among the Governors present in the Chamber when the meeting started on Tuesday are -Emmanuel Udom (Akwa Ibom) , Bindow Jibrilla (Adamawa), Samuel Ortom (Benue), Kashim Shettima (Borno), Prof. Ben Ayade (Cross River), Ifeanyi Okowa (Delta), Dave Umahi (Ebonyi), Ibrahim Dankwambo (Gombe) and Rochas Okorocha (Imo).
Others are – Alhaji Badaru Abubakar (Jigawa), Nasir El-Rufai (Kaduna), Dr Abdullahi Ganduje (Kano), Aminu Masari (Katsina), Atiku Bagudu (Kebbi), Abdulfatah Ahmed (Kwara), Akinwunmi Ambode (Lagos), Umaru Al-Makura (Nasarawa), -Alhaji Abubakar Sani Bello (Niger), Ibikunle Amosun (Ogun), Abiola Ajimobi (Oyo).
Also at the meeting are – Nyesom Wike (Rivers), Aminu Tambuwal (Sokoto), Darius Ishaku (Taraba), -Ibrahim Gaidam (Yobe), Abdulaziz Yari (Zamfara), Willie Obiano (Anambra), Adams Oshiomhole (Edo), Ayo Fayose (Ekiti), Idris Wada (Kogi), Olusegun Mimiko (Ondo)and Rauf Aragbesola (Osun).
Plateau and Bayelsa States were represented by their deputy governors.
Read More@thenationonlineng.net
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