The Nigeria Governors’ Forum has expressed deep sorrow and extended heartfelt condolences to the families affected by the tragic school building collapse in Plateau State. The unfortunate collapse of a building at Saint Academy in Jos, Plateau State, has led to a considerable number of deaths and injuries. Initially, 17 fatalities were reported, but the death toll has now increased …

The Ekiti State Governor, Mr Biodun Oyebanji, on Wednesday, said governors, under the aegis of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF), are not against approval of a living wage for Nigerian workers. Oyebanji said the NGF was only clamouring for fiscal federalism that would culminate in the ability and capability of individual states to pay. Organised labour is battling the Federal …

The Nigerian Governors’ Forum (NGF) is pushing for greater involvement and tighter control by states over mining activities within their territories. This came out of their meeting where the Solid Minerals Minister, Dele Alake, briefed them on reforms to better harness the country’s mining potential. While welcoming the reforms by the Ministry of Solid Minerals Development aimed at creating an …

The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) has commended the recent transfer of the electricity regulatory oversight by the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) to the Ekiti State Electricity Regulatory Bureau. In a statement on Friday, the Special Adviser (Media) to the Ekiti State governor, Yinka Oyebode said the NGF made the commendation in a congratulatory letter signed by its Director General, …

The Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF) has said that the 36 state governors are implementing diverse strategies and measures aimed at resolving the ongoing economic challenges and food crises within their respective states. Economic difficulties have arisen in Nigeria in the past months with the removal of fuel subsidy which led to a sharp increase in the prices of essential goods …

The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) and many other stakeholders have expressed sadness over the death of Arakunrin Rotimi Akeredolu, who was Ondo State governor until Wednesday morning. Akeredolu, 67, died in a German hospital after a long battle with postrate cancer. In a condolence message by its Chairman and Governor of Kwara State, Mallam AbdulRahman AbdulRasaq, the NGF remembered Akeredolu …

President Bola Tinubu has said that federal and sub-national governments have the mutual responsibility of ensuring the country’s peace and stability. During a meeting with the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) at his residence in Lagos on Tuesday, the President reiterated his condemnation of the latest killings in Plateau State. Addressing the governors, the President issued a stern directive to security …

The Nigerian Governors’ Forum (NGF) has said there is no crisis at the forum’s secretariat as alleged by its former director of Media and Public Affairs, Abdulrazaque Bello Barkindo, and published in a national daily. The NGF legal director, Chijioke Chuku who disclosed this in a statement also dismissed allegations of corruption at the forum’s secretariat by Barkindo. Barkindo had …

The Nigerian Governors Forum has urged its members to allocate 15 per cent of state budgets to education. During a briefing organised by the Federal Ministry of Education in Abuja on Wednesday, the Chairman of the Forum, Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara State, who was represented by the Vice Chairman, Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, said there was a …

President Bola Tinubu has congratulated Kwara State Governor, Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq on his emergence as the Chairman of the Nigerian Governors’ Forum (NGF). He also hailed Imo State Governor, Senator Hope Uzodimma, who was unanimously voted as the Chairman of the Progressives Governors’ Forum. In a statement from the State House on Thursday, the President said: “I congratulate the Governor of Kwara …