The Federal Government is to refund to state governments, all monies so far deducted from state accounts to meet Local Government Councils’ London Paris Club obligations.
Outgoing Chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF), the umbrella body of Nigeria governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, also said the Federal Government has granted the governors’ request to immediately stop further deductions from the states’ accounts.
In a communique issued at the end of the governors’ meeting on Tuesday, Tambuwal disclosed that Kwara State governor Abdulraham Abdulrazaq has been elected new NGF Chairman.
Abdulrazaq, a returning governor All Progressives Congress (APC) emerged through consensus.
Tambuwal further announced Oyo State governor Seyi Makinde of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), as NGF Vice Chairman.
He stated that the governors expressed satisfaction with the success of the just concluded induction for new and returning governors held between May 14 and 19.
“Members committed to sustained collaboration among the states through enhanced peer review, learning at the sub-national level and deepening the relationship with the Federal Government and other institutions,” the governor added.
