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This is as Ekiti State Governor and Chairman, Nigeria Governors’ Forum, Dr Kayode Fayemi assured that states would adhere strictly to agreement reached with representatives of National Judicial Council and representatives of the Speakers of Parliament on autonomy of the judiciary and legislative arms of government.

The state government, which made its position known in a statement endorsed by the Chief Press Secretary to Governor Seyi Makinde, Taiwo Adisa, insisted that the state’s budget information was, indeed, published on the state’s website

This, he said, was part of measures being put in place to stem the tide of the deadly virus this year, adding that another batch of 60 million doses would arrive in 2022.

The Forum disclosed this in a communiqué signed by its Chairman and Governor of Ekiti State, Kayode Fayemi, after its 22nd teleconference meeting in Abuja on Friday

Tambuwal, who is also the Vice-Chairman of the NGF, said this on Monday when he swore in the new Grand Khadi of the state Sharia Court of Appeal, Khadi Tambari Usman, in Sokoto.

NARD President, Dr. Aliyu Sokomba, announced this while addressing a news conference on Sunday in Abuja

Speaking at the second edition of the Digital Rights Series, hosted by ITREALMS Online, with the theme: “Women and Rights in Digital Era,” the Founding President of Domain Name System Women Nigeria Nkem Nweke, in her opening remarks said the governors should take a step further to domesticate these Acts in no distant time

The forum made the declaration in a communiqué signed by its Chairman and Governor of Ekiti State, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, on Thursday in Abuja after the governors 10th COVID-19 teleconference meeting held on Wednesday.

The forum disclosed this in a communiqué signed by its Chairman and Governor of Ekiti, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, issued to newsmen on Thursday in Abuja, after its 9th COVID-19 teleconference meeting held on Wednesday.

The President said this during an online meeting on Monday with members of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum

Speaking against the backdrop of the House’s response to the position of the Nigerian Governors Forum on the Control of Infectious Diseases Bill, 2020, the former House member wondered how what ought to be a measured reaction to an issue of public interest turned out to be a platform for scapegoating

The NGF had on Wednesday asked the lawmakers to drop the controversial Infectious Diseases Bill, sponsored by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila

The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the Bill was introduced by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila

The Governor of Ekiti State, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, has offered suggestions on how the war against the raging Coronavirus Disease can be won by the federal and state governments in the country.

In their articulated position, signed by the Chairman of the NGF and Governor of Ekiti State, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, the Governors made a five-point demand for inclusion in the President’s intervention

The Nigeria Governors’ Forum is to review the COVID-19 situation and various measures taken by State Governments at various stages since the virus hit Nigeria.

The Governors stated this in a communique issued after their meeting under the umbrella of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum on Thursday over issues pertaining to the development around COVID-19 in the country

In a statement to newsmen on Tuesday in Lagos, MAN President, Mansur Ahmed, said better sensitisation of such officers became necessary following some of their actions, which were hampering the chain of distribution

Fayemi, who is currently on self-isolation and awaiting his COVID -19 test result, gave the advice in a statement issued by Abdulrazaque Bello-Barkindo, Head, Media and Public Affairs of NGF Secretariat, in Abuja on Wednesday

The forum made the pledge in a statement issued by its Chairman and Governor of Ekiti State, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, on Friday in Abuja