Northern Govs Raise Panel on Restructuring

Rt Hon. Aminu Tambuwal

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A 12-man committee has been raised by Northern States Governors Forum to articulate the region’s position on Nigeria’s restructuring.

According to a communiqué issued after a two-day meeting of the governors in Kaduna at the weekend, Gov. Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State would serve as Chairman of the committee with the Deputy Governor of Plateau as Secretary.

Among members of the committee are the governors of Nasarawa, Gombe, Benue, Bauchi and Kaduna States.

Other members are the Emirs of Kano, Zazzau and Gummi, as well as Etsu Nupe and Gbong Gwom Jos.

The committee was mandated to collate opinions from across the region and come up with acceptable, tenable and sustainable position for the North in consonance with provisions of the Constitution.

The forum re-affirmed its commitment to national unity and peaceful co-existence. It assured that all Nigerians have the right to reside and own property in any part of the region.

The governors further reassured all Nigerians living in the North of adequate protection of their lives and property.

The forum also called on Southern leaders to emulate the gesture.

They noted that the lingering crisis between farmers and herdsmen was as a result of lack of adequate security enforcement.

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