The Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF) has pledged commitment to full implementation of the financial autonomy of state legislature and judiciary.Speaking at the opening of a two-day conference in Abuja on Thursday, Abdulaziz Yari, NGF chairman, said the implementation will ensure the highest level of transparency and openness in governance.Represented by Mohammed Abubakar, Bauchi state governor, the NGF chairman said governors [...]
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Journalists have been barred from continued coverage of the ongoing induction programme for newly-elected and returning governors.The journalists were refused entry into the state house conference centre in Abuja, the programme venue, when they arrived on Tuesday morning.It was gathered that the decision was reached after it was reported that Abdulaziz Yari, Zamfara state governor and chairman of the Nigeria [...]
Babagana Monguno, national security adviser (NSA), says politicians who are afraid of losing the forthcoming elections are planning to disrupt the polls.The NSA said this at a meeting with the Nigeria Governors' Forum (NGF) in Abuja on Tuesday.Monguno said security forces are ready to deal with anybody who attempts to engage in any act that could destabilise the exercise, while [...]
Governors have said they cannot afford the N30,000 minimum wage demanded by the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC).They said this in reaction to the allegation of Peter Ozo-Eson, general secretary of NLC, that governors who are against N30,000 minimum wage took such stance because they diverted the bailout funds paid to them by the federal government.He said the union expected the Independent [...]
Ali Ndume, senator representing Borno south, says the new minimum wage should be N40,000, instead of the proposed N30,000.The senator said this on Tuesday when he featured on News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Forum in Abuja.Ndume dismissed claims by governors that states cannot pay the proposed amount, adding that it should be accepted and implemented.The tripartite committee on the minimum [...]
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) says its members will not be intimidated by threat from the Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF) to sack workers if the new national minimum wage of N30,000 is implemented.Ayuba Wabba, NLC president, said this in a statement issued on Thursday in Abuja.The governors had said paying N30,000 new minimum wage would lead to bankruptcy, adding that [...]
Governors have agreed to increase the minimum wage but not up to the expectation of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC).According to Abdulaziz Yari, governor of Zamfara and chairman of the Nigeria Governors' Forum (NGF), he and his colleagues have agreed to pay N22,500 to workers.Yari explained that the acceptable minimum wage "must be done in such a way that total personnel [...]
Governors under the auspices of the Nigerian Governors Forum (NGF) say they have hired lawyers to challenge the power of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to probe security vote of states.Abubakar Badaru, governor of Jigawa state, disclosed this at the end of the monthly national economic council (NEC) meeting presided over by Acting President Yemi Osinbajo at the [...]
The Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF) says the creation of state police will assist in tackling the high rate of insecurity in the country.Speaking on Monday at the end of the national summit on security organised by the senate, Abdulaziz Yari, chairman of the NGF, said the country could not be policed effectively from Abuja.His statement comes three days after Vice-President [...]
The Nigerian Governors' Forum (NGF) has accused the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) of shortchanging the country for a period of five years.The governors said the commission failed to remit the joint venture cash call to the federation account from 2010 to 2015. Former President Goodlcuk Jonathan led Nigeria between 2010 and 2015.Abdulaziz Yari, NGF chairman and governor of Zamfara [...]
The Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF) has described as “very unfortunate” reports that President Muhammadu Buhari is not happy with governors over unpaid salaries.Some governors had met with Buhari before he left for Turkey.In a statement released after the meeting, Femi Adesina, Buhari's spokesman, said his principal asked the governors how they were able to sleep when workers had not been paid.“How [...]
Zamfara state governor, Abdulaziz Yari, has accused Ibrahim Magu, acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), of intimidating governors "for no just cause".Yari, while speaking with journalists in Abuja on Thursday, said he intends to report Magu to the federal government.The chairman of Nigeria governors forum accused the commission of not "tidying its work" before going to court [...]
The Nigerian governors' forum (NGF) says the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is "shadow-boxing" Abdulaziz Yari, Zamfara governor and chairman of the forum, for want of a scapegoat in its fight with national assembly.In a statement on Wednesday, Abulrazque Barkindo, head, media and public affairs of the NGF, told the agency to allow Yari face his job.It said the [...]
The Nigerian Governors Forum (NGF) on Thursday raised the alarm over the “substandard” quality of rice consumed by Nigerians.In a statement issued after its meeting, Abulrazaque Bello-barkindo, its head of media and public affairs, called on the Nigeria customs service to urgently address the situation.The governors expressed worry over the “huge consignment of rice” that is still finding its way [...]
Reports of Senate President Bukola Saraki’s alleged complicity in the pilfering of parts of the Paris Club loan refund rippled with a strong current on Monday.The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) had leaked a report vicariously indicting him of money laundering.According to the report, Saraki’s aides and Robert Mbonu, his associate, diverted N3.5bn of the funds.The Nigeria Governors’ Forum [...]
The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) says there is no illegality in the disbursement of the Paris Club loan refund.The refund was a result of over-deductions from the statutory allocations of the states for debt-servicing from 1995 to 2002.The forum was reacting to reports that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) had indicted Senate President Bukola Saraki, his aides, and [...]
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