Last time I checked, Nigerian governors have up to 12 different forums dedicated ostensibly to pursue governance and public affairs issues but which in actual fact are solely to achieve their own personal and collective aims.
THE Southern Governors Forum, yesterday, insisted that there was no going back on its Asaba resolutions, just as it called on the Federal Government to shed itself of the excess weight it has appropriated over time.
THE 17 Southern Governors have lambasted Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu, for saying that their ban on pen grazing in the region ''is of questionable legality.”
Views: Visits 11 Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State. - Federal govt should only coordinate, receive royalties - Allow each region flower in its areas of comparative advantage No section of the country should be shortchanged By Dayo Johnson Chairman of the South West Governors Forum, Rotimi Akeredolu has asked the Federal government to shed itself of the excess weight it has appropriated over time. Akeredolu declared that the present arrangements “is the major cause of friction in the country and reason for politics of bitterness. The governor who insisted that the current system is not sustainable said that the Federal government should only coordinate and receive royalties.
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Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State, who is also the chairman of the South-West Governors Forum, has slammed presidential spokesman, Garba Shehu for his comments on behalf of the presidency on the ban of open grazing by the 17 Southern governors.
Akeredolu described Shehu as a pitiable messenger who does not know the limits of his relevance.
In a statement from the ‘presidency’ on Monday, Shehu had questioned the legality of the Southern Governors’ action, saying Nigerians ought to enjoy the same rights and freedoms across the country, regardless of the state of their birth or residence.
Shehu said the declaration of the Southern Governors had been preempted as Buhari, who had been worried about the problems between farmers and herders, commissioned and approved an actionable plan of rehabilitating grazing reserves across states.