L-R: Chairman, South West Governor's Forum, Gov.
L-R: Chairman, South West Governor's Forum, Gov. Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State, his counterparts from Osun, Ogun, Lagos, Ekiti and Oyo States, Mr Gboyega Isiaka; Prince Dapo Abiodun; Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu; Dr Kayode Fayemi and Gov. Seyi Makinde, during the South West stakeholders' security summit in Ibadan recently.
The Ondo State Governor restated the forum and the All Progressives Congress’ commitment to restructuring.. This country must be restructured and we have said it openly. The APC has it in its constitution and part of our manifesto. Restructuring was stated clearly, that we will do it, why we have not done it, nobody knows but we have to.
“We are talking about trackers that go for about N400m to N500m and I said, why don’t I put N250m and Ekiti put N250m and we use one. Oyo and Osun can share, Lagos is big they can buy their own, those of us who don’t have much can share.” The meetings were held almost at the same time Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo met with the six governors from the zone in Abuja.
‘‘The meeting also looked at the contents of the statement earlier released by Malami on the workability and otherwise of the outfit. Meanwhile, the Speaker, Ekiti State House of Assembly, Funminiyi Afuye, confirmed on Friday that South-West lawmakers and attorneys general had begun the process of enacting theAfuye said, “The meeting between the governors and Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo is a prelude to resolving whatever grey areas.
They spoke in Abuja on Thursday at their meeting with the theme, ‘The imperative of Western Nigerian Security Network : Legislative Support for the initiative’. The Speaker of the Oyo State House of Assembly, Adebo Ogundoyin, said the meeting was an opportunity for them to support the governors.Amotekun
‘‘As legislators, we must do our bit to complement the efforts of our governors through legislation that will give legal strength to the security force.’’Also, the South-West caucus in the Senate will support plans by the governors to ensure the success ofThe representative of Ondo Central in the Senate, Ayo Akinyelure, made the pledge on Friday in an interview with one of our correspondents.
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