Governors

Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai has come out to say he does not know why people consider state governors corrupt and ineffective. He revealed this during a recent breakfast programme on Channels TV. According to him, governors are doing their best with the limited funds at their disposal so they ...

Civil Society Organizations, CSOs, Coalition in Defence of Nigerian Democracy and Constitution, CDNDC, and Free Nigeria Coalition, FNC have come out to say that the proposed Control of Infectious Diseases Bill currently on the floor of the House of Representatives will threaten national security. This was recently revealed in a ...

Leader of Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, has blasted southeast governors for taking too much time to set up a security outfit to protect their people. Nnamdi Kanu revealed that the southeast governors should know by now they must not depend on the Federal Government to safeguard ...

Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa, Aare Ona of Yoruba land, Iba Ganiu Adams have come out to say that there is no going back on establishment and operations of Amotekun as a security outfit in the state and the South West region. They spoke at ...

Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State has revealed that Southeast governors are very committed to strengthening the security architecture of the zone. Governor Ifeanyi revealed this today during the South East Region Security Summit in Enugu facilitated by the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mr. Mohammed Adamu. According to him, ...

There is a growing agreement among Governors of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC on what the best strategy for ending insecurity in their states is, according to Simon Lalong. Lalong revealed this today during the first quarterly meeting of the Governance Programme Steering Committee of the Progressive Governors’ Forum ...

Nigerian lawyer, Babatunde Fashanu, SAN, has shared his reaction to the ongoing saga following the launch of security outift, Amotekun, in SouthWestern states. Fashanu believes the attorney general or Buhari himself do not have the right to declare Amotekun illegal because that can only happen via a duly constituted court ...

2nd Republic lawmaker, Dr. Junaid Mohammed has blasted the people behind new security outfit, Amotekun, saying it is just the South West’s way of transforming into another country via the backdoor. Junaid feels the people responsible for its formation are against the country’s interest and should be prosecuted. According to ...

The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has come out to say that the Western Nigeria Security Network, code-named Amotekun, organized by the six Southwest States to battle crimes in the region, is here to stay. According to NANS, any move by the Federal Government to scrap it will not ...

Ekiti State Governor, Kayode Fayemi has come out to say that governors in the South West would soon review Federal Government’s decision to declare Operation Amotekun, an illegal outfit. He revealed this at a recent press dinner with the media in the state. According to him, he cannot say anything ...

Delta State Governor, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, has begged anyone aspiring to be governor in 2023 to ignore anger and bitterness and focus on politics with decency and decorum. He revealed this during a grand reception and award of excellence organized by the State Council of Traditional Rulers in his honour, ...

Deputy Chief Whip of the House of Representatives, Hon. Nkeiruka Onyejeocha has come out to say that governors are not making use of ecological funds to address erosion menaces destroying their states. According to Hon. Nkeiruka, even if FG shares ecological funds to states every month, the governors scarcely use ...