Tag: Governors

The Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF) has again backed President Bola Tinubu's "crude oil for naira" initiative, expressing discontent over the ...

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Governors’ Forum has called on the security agencies to take note of the threats by ...

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged Nigeria’s 36 state governors and the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, ...

By Salif Atojoko AbdulRazaq AbdulRahman, Governor of Kwara and Chairman, Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF), said the forum welcomed the ruling ...

By Ebere Agozie The Supreme Court on Thursday held that henceforth all Local Government Area allocations should be paid directly ...

The Supreme Court will tomorrow, Thursday, July 11, deliver judgment in the suit filed by the Federal Government against the ...

By Seyi Babalola Governors from the South East convened in Enugu on Tuesday under the auspices of the South East Governors' Forum to appeal with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for the release of Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). They also intended to meet with President Tinubu to discuss other urgent problems of regional and national importance. The governors' decisions were stated in a communiqué delivered to the media by the Chairman of the South East Governors' Forum and Imo State Governor, Senator Hope Uzodimma, following their meeting at the Lion Building, Government House, Enugu, in Enugu State. The Chairman of the South East Governors’ Forum, flanked by his colleagues – Alex ...

By Seyi Babalola Governors of Nigeria's 36 states have scheduled an emergency meeting for today, Wednesday, to discuss the proposed new minimum wage. This comes just a few hours after the Federal Executive Council, or FEC, voted to withdraw the minimum wage directive on Tuesday. It should be recalled that the 36 governors previously rejected the federal government's suggested N62,000, claiming that if the figure is enforced, some states may be forced to borrow money. However, the organised labour is still insisting on N250,000 ...

By Seyi Babalola The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) announced on Saturday that state governors are wealthy enough to pay the ...

By Seyi Babalola The governors of the 36 states of the Federation have rejected the Federal Government's proposed N60,000 minimum ...