Governors meet over LG autonomy

State governors on the platform of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) are currently in a closed door meeting in Abuja, over the recent financial autonomy granted the Local Government Areas by the Supreme Court.

The governors are also expected to discuss the N70,000 new national minimum wage, though not listed on the agenda.

On the agenda was also update on United Nations General Assembly; State Contribution and Shareholder Rights in Benin Electricity Distribution Company (BEDC).

The governors would also receive presentations from the minister of Health and Social Welfare, as well from the World Bank Country Office.

The meeting being presided over by the Forum Chairman, Gov. AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara already have in attendance the governors of Abia, Kogi, Anambra, Delta, Plateau, Yobe, Oyo, and Imo, Benue, Cross River, Ondo, Zamfara, Bauchi, Bayelsa, Kano, Sokoto, Kebbi, Gombe, Nasarawa, Lagos, Ekiti, Kano and Akwa-Ibom states.

Others are; Deputy Governors of Borno and Enugu States.