Southern Governors To Meet In Lagos Monday

Seventeen governors from the southern states of Nigeria will meet in Lagos on Monday to deliberate on issues of regional and national significance.

Top on the agenda will be the challenges of insecurity, open grazing/herdsmen invasion of farmlands, devolution of federal powers, among others.

The meeting would be second since May where the governors made a bold statement on issues of regional concern.

The statement issued after the last meeting in Asaba, Delta state capital, ruffles feathers among leaders in the northern region, with top ranking political appointees and governors faulting the unilateral ban on open grazing by the governors.

However, Arise TV is reporting that the meeting on Monday is continuation of the last meeting’s 12-point resolution, which includes the banning of open grazing in all the states, Arise TV reports.

The governors will be looking at the inroads made after the last meeting and come up with their next move, in ensuring a better Southern Nigeria within the Nigerian nation.

“You know the southern governors agreed that the progress of the nation requires that urgent and bold steps be taken towards the restructuring of the Nigerian federation leading to the devolution of power”

“They want inclusive government at the federal level, state police, a review of revenue allocation formula in favour of the sub-national governments, and creation of some other institutions, which will legitimately advance commitment to the practice of true federalism. Strategies are needed to actualise all these. This is why they are meeting again in Lagos.” The media outfit quoted a sources who are familiar with the development to have said.

Southern Speakers Back Southern Governors On Ban On Open Grazing

In May, the southern governors, in a four-hour meeting in Asaba, unanimously agreed to ban open grazing in all southern states, following the failure of President Muhammadu Buhari’s regime to find a lasting solution to killers herdsmen ravaging farms, kidnapping and killing farmers, and other residents.

An excerpt of the communique reads, “southern governors “observed that incursion of armed herders, criminals and bandits into the southern part of the country has presented a severe security challenge such that citizens are not able to live their normal lives, including pursuing various productive activities leading to a threat to food supply and general security.”

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