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The Nigerian Governors Forum (NGF) met on Wednesday in Abuja to discuss the proposed new national minimum wage and other national issues.
The governors also held discussions on local government autonomy at a meeting chaired by the chairman of the forum, Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara State.
The Supreme Court on June 13 ruled on a lawsuit filed by the Federal Government to guarantee full autonomy for the country’s 774 local government areas.
On the meeting agenda there were also presentations from representatives of Nigeria’s COVID-19 Action Recovery and Economic Stimulus (NG CARES), Petroleum Profits Tax (PPT), Excess Crude Account (ECA) and Royalties Accounts Reconciliation/Debt Net-off.
Other governors present at the meeting were Seyi Makinde (Oyo), Lawal Dauda (Zamfara), Charles Soludo (Anambra), Inuwa Yahaya (Gombe), Francis Nwifuru (Ebonyi), Nasiru Idris (Kebbi), Usman Ododo (Kogi), Abdullahi Sule (Nasarawa), Mohammed Bago (Niger), Hope Uzodinma (Imo), Uba Sani (Kaduna), Dikko Radda (Katsina), Lucky Aiyedatiwa (Ondo), Dapo Abiodun (Ogun), and Abba Kabir (Kano).
Also present were the Deputy Governors of Akwa-Ibom, Delta and Borno States.
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