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Asaba Declaration: Southern govs resist Senate's anti-restructuring stance


Asaba Declaration: Southern govs resist Senate’s anti-restructuring stance
LEKE BAIYEWU, ADELANI ADEPEGBA, JESUSEGUN ALAGBE, SAM OLATUNJI and DENNIS NAKU
Published 16 May 2021
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LEKE BAIYEWU, ADELANI ADEPEGBA, JESUSEGUN ALAGBE, SAM OLATUNJI and DENNIS NAKU
Published 16 May 2021
•Restructuring call, other key decisions irrevocable –Wike
•ALGON, NULGE back govs on power devolution, allocation review
The Chairman of the South-South Governors’ Forum and Delta State Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa, on Saturday, pushed back on the anti-restructuring comments by the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, and other critics of the resolutions reached by the Southern Governors’ Forum during last Tuesday’s meeting.
Okowa spoke on behalf of 16 other governors from the Southern zone of the country who he hosted in Asaba, Delta State capital. ....

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Asaba Declaration: Southern govs resist Senate's anti-restructuring stance, NEWS


says 17 govs not against nation’s unity
The Chairman of the South-South Governors’ Forum and Delta State Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa, on Saturday, pushed back on the anti-restructuring comments by the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, and other critics of the resolutions reached by the Southern Governors’ Forum during last Tuesday’s meeting.
Okowa spoke on behalf of 16 other governors from the Southern zone of the country who he hosted in Asaba, Delta State capital.
This is as Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, also, on Saturday, said the decisions reached by the Southern governors, including the demand for restructuring, were irrevocable.
Seventeen Southern governors, who jettisoned their party affiliations, had met to discuss urgent national issues and reached some resolutions, which are now referred to as the Asaba Declaration. ....

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