Segun Showunmi in Ibadan
The Governors under the platform of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Monday met in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital to deliberate on worsen insecurity in the country.
Penpushing reports that led by their chairman, Governor Aminu Tambuwa, of Sokoto State arrived Ibadan on Sunday night and were received by the Oyo State Governor, Engr. Seyi Makinde.
The communiqué issued at the end of their meeting held at International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Ibadan, the Governors forum called on President Buhari to immediately send an Executive Bill to the National Assembly to amend the Nigerian Constitution to devolve more powers to the States with respect to security arrangements culminating in some form of State Policing and the general security architecture.
“Mr President should summon an immediate meeting of the Nigerian Police Council, which comprises Mr President and all State Governors and other critical stakeholders to evolve and implement strategies to combat the present threats to our union, especially with respect to policing.”
“The meeting agreed that the police force still remains the appropriate institution to secure our democracy and should not be subjected to personal attacks. The welfare, training, equipment, funding of all security agencies should be given priority.”
“We supports the earlier position taken by the Nigeria Governors Forum, Northern Governors Forum and recently by the Southern Governors Forum to adopt ranching as the most viable solution to the herders / farmers clashes in Nigeria; the restructuring of the Nigerian federation to devolve more powers and functions to the States; and reform of various civil institutions to achieve efficiency and equity for all sections of Nigeria.”
“The meeting enjoins all Nigerians to work together to achieve peace and harmony with one another, devoid of discrimination based on ethnicity, religion and other cleavages. To this end, the meeting called on the incompetent and rudderless APC Government to take bold and deliberate steps to de-escalate and lower tensions in our country, and concentrate on projects and policies that will enhance and promote national unity and cohesion.”
“We re-iterated our earlier call for the National Assembly to expedite action on the passage of the Electoral Act that will ensure a free and fair election, including provisions for electronic accreditation and electronic transmission of votes.”
The Governors forum however thanked the host Governor, Governor Seyi Makinde for being a gracious and wonderful host, and congratulated him for the many landmark developmental projects he has executed, urging him to continue to work with all stakeholders in the South West Zone to ensure that Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) takes over majority of the States in the Zone.
Penpushing also reports that Governors in attendance include: Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom State, Douye Diri of Bayelsa State, Samuel Ortom of Benue State, Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State, Nyesom Wike of Rivers State, Ahmadu Fintiri of Adamawa State, Godwin Obaseki of Edo State, Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State, and Zamfara State Deputy governor, Mahdi Mohdi.
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