S’South, S’East Govs Meet In Rivers, Sunday

All is now set for the meeting of the governors from the South-South/South-East geo-political zones on August 27, 2017 in Port Harcourt.
A statement by the Interim Chairman of the South-South/South-East Governors’ Forum and Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Udom Emmanuel, said that the meeting would hold at the Government House, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, at 7p.m.
Emmanuel said the meeting would provide another avenue for deliberation between the governors of the states in the regions on issues of regional and national interest, with a view to solidifying the ties that bind the people of the states together.
Emmanuel added that the meeting would also explore areas of economic, socio-cultural and political co-operation between the states to the overall benefit of the citizens and residents of the regions.
“I hereby extend an invitation to all the governors in the two regions to attend the meeting as a follow up to the successful inaugural meeting held in Enugu on July 9, 2017,” he said.
It would be recalled that the governors had met on Sunday, July 9.
They discussed restructuring and re-echoed calls for the implementation of the 2014 national conference resolutions, among others.
They also said it was regrettable that the entire South-East has only five per cent allocation out of the entire power generated in the country.

Susan Serekara-Nwikhana