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Eight weeks after their last meeting, Governors from the Southern part of the country, again, converged in Lagos State on Monday in a follow-up to their May 11, 2021 deliberation in Asaba, Delta State.
Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu hosted his colleagues at the Government House in Alausa for the meeting held behind closed doors for four hours.
The Southern Governorsâ Forum reviewed the situation in the country and had extensive discussion on the current security situation in the country, constitutional amendment, and the recently passed Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB).
Rising from the meeting, chairman of Southern Governorsâ Forum and Ondo State Governor, Arakunrin Rotimi Akeredolu, read the communique agreed by the member State.
The Southern Governors Forum announced yesterday that the deadline set for the Open Grazing Ban is Wednesday, 1st September 2021, adding that Funds deducted from the Federation Account for the Nigeria Police Security Trust Fund should be distributed to states to fight insecurity.
This was disclosed in a statement signed by the Southern Governors Forum, Chairman, Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu on Monday.
What the statement said
The forum re-affirmed its commitment to the unity of Nigeria on the pillars of equity, fairness, justice, progress and peaceful co-existence between and amongst its people.
The Forum reviewed the security situation in the country and commends security operatives for their relentless efforts in restoring security and safety and commiserates with families and loved ones of those who have fallen in the line of duty.
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The pan-Yoruba sociopolitical organisation, Afenifere; the Yoruba Ronu Leadership Forum; the apex Igbo socio-cultural group, Ohanaeze Ndigbo; and the Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF) have thrown their weight behind the demand by the southern governors for the next president of Nigeria to come from the South.
Rising from its second meeting held yesterday at the Lagos State Government House in Ikeja, the southern governors resolved that the next President of Nigeria should come from the southern region.
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Mixed reactions Monday trailed the passage of the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) into law by the National Assembly.
Afenifere, pan-Yoruba socio-political group, Ijaw National Congress (IJC) and Edwin Clark-led Pan-Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF) faulted the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB), describing it as a deception.
Afenifere Secretary Chief Sola Ebiseeni said the Bill is a bubby trap set to keep the South in subjugation and slavery, urging stakeholders to reject its provisions.
PANDEF described the bill as “satanic, slavish and a betrayal of the lofty dreams of the people.”
The Ijaw National Congress (INC) Worldwide, Urhobo Progress Union (UPU), and the former President of the Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP), Chief Legborsi Pyagbara, said it is not too late to review its provisions.