Buhari, Govs Meet Over Paris Club Refund, Today

President Muhammadu Buhari will today meet with governors of the 36 states of the federation at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, to discuss the last tranche of the Paris and London Club refunds.
It was learnt that the meeting, which is at the request of the governors, is to seek the President’s approval for the final release of N200billion Paris Club refund.
“The governors are hoping the President will authorise the final release of the Paris Club refunds, which is about N200billion so that they can fulfill their obligations to workers and pensioners and pay other bills in their states,” a source said.
According to him, when the Chairman of the Nigerian Governors’ Forum (NGF) and Governor of Zamfara State, Abdulaziz Yari led a delegation of seven governors to London to visit the President, he had thanked them for “holding Nigeria together in his absence”.
The governors want to capitalise on the good relationship with Buhari to seek his approval for the last release of the refunds.
Buhari had approved the payment of the first tranche of N522billion on December 16, last year.
In July, the Federal Government released N243.80billion as the second tranche of Paris Club refunds.
With the release of the second tranche, the total amount disbursed to the states stands at N765.8billion.