Buhari holds first meeting with state governors

Abuja - President Muhammadu Buhari and
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo are currently
meeting behind closed-doors with all state
governors, Punch reports.
The meeting, holding inside the Council
Chambers of the Presidential Villa, Abuja, is
the first since Buhari was sworn in on May
29.
Top of the agenda to be discussed at the
meeting Issues such as the debts being
owed state governments by the Federal
Government and the lifeline being sought by
state governors in order to meet their states’
demands are expected to dominate
discussions at the meeting.
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The meeting started at exactly 10.10am with
the arrival of the President.
Among state governors in attendance when
the meeting started were those of Rivers,
Ogun, Imo, Gombe, Benue, Delta, Niger,
Kano, Katsina, Zamfara, Kogi, Borno and
Jigawa.
Others were governors of Kebbi, Kwara,
Taraba, Ekiti, Ondo, Kaduna, Oyo, Osun, Edo,
Anambra, Sokoto, Ebonyi, Lagos, Adamawa,
Cross Rivers, Akwa Ibom and Yobe States.