All 36 state governors have been summoned to a meeting in Abuja by President Muhammadu Buhari today.
This was revealed by Delta state governor Ifeanyi Okowa yesterday while he was briefing journalists during his quarterly chat with the media named ‘2019 Media Appreciation Meeting’, at the Government House, Asaba.
According to Okowa, the meeting is aimed at tackling the rising spates of crimes in the country.
“As I speak to you, the president has summoned all the 36 state governors to an emergency meeting in Abuja to examine ways the various security challenges across the country can be tackled.
“We are already aware of the area where these crimes are committed in the state and we are also working out ways to tackle that problem there. But you will agree with me that these security challenges are not peculiar to this state alone.
“It has become a trends across all the states of the federation and that’s why the president has summoned all governors to a meeting in Abuja to seek ways to end this criminality, especially the aspects of kidnapping and that of the invading Fulani herdsmen.
“We are very optimistic that at the end of this meeting with the president some far-reaching decisions would have been made on how best to checkmate this growing menace in our society,” the Governor said.
source https://www.naijanews.com/2019/06/07/why-president-buhari-summoned-all-36-state-governors-okowa/
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