Governor Simon Lalong of Plateau and Chairman Northern Governors Forum has urged Nigerians in diaspora to invest at home and help to reduce unemployment among the youths.
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President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday assured members of the Northern Governors’ Forum that he would not let the nation down on security in the country.
The Northern States Governors’ Forum on Friday appointed Governor Aminu Bello Masari of Katsina State to head its committee to proffer solution to the security challenges in the region.
Masari, who is the Chairman of the security committee inaugurated by the Northern Governors Forum, said the governors must separate politics with the issue of security that affects the generality of the people
The Chairman of the forum, Senator Abdullahi Adamu, told the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja that the retreat would also focus on how to improve the security situation in the country
They insisted that the poor performance of the zone’s men in positions of authority in the past was responsible for the situation and not because of marginalisation
Shettima stated this when he led a delegation of the Northern Governors to Abia State
Umahi, of the Peoples Democratic Party, spoke after the visit of seven governors to the President in London
The government of President Muhammadu Buhari does not need additional problems on its crammed table. It already has the unenviable task of confronting a degraded but still deadly Boko Haram insurgency and the untold devastation in human and material resources it wreaks in the North East
The forum expressed “disappointment” with the Northern Governors’ Forum for disowning the youth groups
Shettima made the remark at the opening of the joint meeting of the Forum with members of the Northern States Traditional Council in Kaduna
Shettima described the outcome of the 2015 general election as the watershed in the Nigerian political history and commended Benue State people for their continuous support of Northern agenda
The meeting, convened under the auspices of the Northern Governors’ Forum, was chaired by the Chairman of the forum and Governor of Borno State, Governor Kassim Shettima
The statement said that the forum was optimistic of the continued existence of Nigeria against speculation of its collapse in 2015
The Chairman of the forum and Governor of Niger State, Dr Babangida Aliyu while expressing the forum’s deepest condolences to the families of the victims, said there was no basis for what the perpetrators did
According to the statement, the former minister had lived an exemplary and purposeful life, and had recorded remarkable achievements as a military officer, administrator, community leader and dedicated family man
Suswam, the Chairman of the Northern States Governors Forum, in an interview with Channels Television in Minna, the Niger State capital, stated that dialogue remains the only way out of the security challenges that have claimed many lives in some parts of the North