The party, at an extended zonal caucus meeting held at the Oyo State Government House, Agodi, Ibadan, said that it was in support of the position of the Southern Governors’ Forum that Southern Nigeria should produce the next president.
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He said the continued non-classification of banditry as terrorism against the Nigeria state is seriously curtailing the military in their effort to stamp out the various shades of anarchists who consistently trouble the peace of Nigerians, with impunity.
The leaders, who spoke, included Governor ‘Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, former Governor Olagunsoye Oyinlola of Osun State, Senator Olu Alabi, Senator Abiodun Olujinmi, Speaker of the Oyo State House of Assembly, Honourable Adebo Ogundoyin, and former Deputy Governor of Oyo State, Ambassador Taofeek Arapaja.
They particularly appealed for the immediate repair of those facilities related to the maintenance of law and order, and the administration of justice such as police stations, court buildings and forensic laboratory in the state.
The Coordinator, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. John Enenche, disclosed this while giving updates on military operations across the country on Thursday in Abuja.
Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka Soyinka, has called for declaration of state of emergency due to the security challenges in the South West Zone.
Governors in the South West Zone on Monday rose from a meeting in Akure pledging a new security architecture that would address the security challenges in the region.
Worried about the growing spate of insecurity in the region, Governors of the South West zone have decided to hold a regional security summit that will bring all critical stakeholders together to brainstorm on how to stem the tide.
The vexed issue of restructuring was on the front burner at the just concluded national retreat held by Afenifere Renewal Group in Ekiti State.
Prof. James Adediran, the Executive Director of Institute of Agricultural Research and Training, Ibadan, has appealed to governors in the South West Zone to boost the funding of the Agricultural Development Programmes.
The National Emergency Management Agency on Wednesday said a total of 4,123 Nigerians voluntarily returned from Libya between January 6 and December 18, 2018.
The National Emergency Management Agency has received another batch of 193 stranded Nigerians from Libya.
Alhaji Abubakar Atiku, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, has pledged that his administration will start the process of restructuring the country within six months of his inauguration.
The South-West Zone of the Peoples Democratic Party has urged the party’s presidential candidate, Alhaji Abubakar, to give more key positions to the zone if he emerges as president.
The Manufacturers Association of Nigeria, South West Zone, says its members stand to benefit immensely from the Economic Recovery Growth Plan of the Federal Government.
The Federal Zone has been created to offer the opportunity for military and para-military organizations to take part in the League.
The governors agreed to commit portions of land to the Lagos State Government to farm and promote rice cultivation and production in the region.
Ibrahim Farinloye, the spokesman of the National Emergency Management Agency in the South-West Zone, on Monday confirmed the recovery of bodies of four missing passengers of a capsized boat at the Bayeku area of Lagos State.