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Chairman of the Southwest Governors’ Forum and Ondo State Governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, yesterday, cautioned the Senior Special Assistant, Media and Publicity to the President, Garba Shehu.
Published 25 May 2021
Prominent Ijaw leader and First Republic Minister of Information, Edwin Clark, has said it is unfair and provocative for the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), to say the declaration by southern governors against open grazing is illegal.
The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, in a statement yesterday, had said that the ban by the governors was of questionable legality.
He also said the ban offered no solution to the crisis between farmers and herders.
Reacting, Clark wondered why there was no criticism from the Presidency when northern governors passed a similar resolution.
May 22, 2021 3:26 am
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But Senate President, Ahmed Lawan, accused the governors of “retreating to regionalism” to address a national issue that should be collectively decided upon.
Mbazulike who spoke to newsmen yesterday in his Ukpor country home in Nnewi South Local Government Area of Anambra State said Lawan’s reaction was unnecessary.
He however called on Southerners to demonstrate solidarity with the governors “to secure their freedom” within the federation.
Similarly, the Senator representing Oyo North in the National Assembly, Abdulfatah Buhari, has said the Senate President, Ahmed Lawan’s comment was his personal opinion and not that of the Senate.
He said elected leaders ought not to champion such calls but rather concentrate on working hard to first restructure their states before asking the federal government to do so.