The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) Secretariat on Tuesday said the Nigeria Governors’ Spouses are briefing the 36 State governors on violence against women and children and of course rape, which have become a matter of national emergency as the number of incidences continue to take front burner in the country.
Abdulrazaque Bello-barkindo, Head, Media And Public Affairs, of NGF, in a statement, said the governors of the 36 states are holding their 10th teleconference meeting since the outbreak of the Covid19 pandemic and the lockdown that resulted therefrom.
According to the statement, “This time around the governors will receive memoranda from various groups including a statement from the Nigeria Governors Spouses Forum, headed by the wife of the Chairman and Governor of Ekiti State, Erelu Bisi Fayemi.
“The Nigeria Governors’ Spouses Forum is briefing the Nigeria Governors’ Forum on violence against women and children and of course rape, which have become a matter of national emergency as the number of incidences continue to take front burner in the country.”
“The teleconference is to review the Covid19 situation in the various states of the country and advance or evolve more pragmatic ways of dealing with the Pandemic, going forward.
The virtual meeting takes place online tomorrow, Wednesday 10th June 2020 at 2pm.
“An invitation from the Director General of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum Mr Asishana Bayo Okauru to the governors lists the issues to be discussed at the meeting including an update on Executive Order 10, a brief from a subcommittee that was assigned to engage the Presidential Task Force on Covid19 headed by Dr Ifeanyi Okowa, Governor of Delta State among other pressing national issues.”
“Governor Nasir el Rufai of Kaduna State will also present the report of his committee set up at the last NEC meeting in March 2020 to review the impact of the Covid19 Pandemic on the economy for endorsement.”
“The state governors will also take a peek into such issues as the World Bank Cares program, the public hearing on the NCDC Bill 2020, the progress made on the refunds to states on FAAC deductions, the restructuring of states’ loans by the CBN Governor Mr Godwin Emefiele and the reimbursements for construction of Federal Roads to states like Rivers, Bayelsa, Ondo, Osun, Cross Rivers etc.”
By Chidi Ugwu,
Independent