Buhari has met governors of the 36 states of the federation.
NewsOne Nigeria reports that Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari and the governors of the 36 states of the federation just ended a crucial security meeting at the State House in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital.
This online news platform understands that meeting was strictly on security issues though none of the governors agreed to speak State House Correspondents.
The development, NewsOne Nigeria notes, was further supported by the fact that top security figures in President’s “Next Level administration“, including the Minister of Defense, Major General Bashir Magashi (Rtd), and the National Security Adviser (NSA), Major General Babagana Monguno (Rtd), were part of the meeting.
NewsOne Nigeria recalls that the governors at their last meeting in Abuja last week, following the recent killings of over 43 rice farmers in Borno State, resolved to meet Buhari on the need to address security challenges across the country particularly in the light of the carnage in Borno
Kayode Fayemi, the Chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) and Governor of Ekiti State, had in a communique made available to press, said they had also resolve to support the necessary reforms that will result in a police force that works for all.
The communique stated: “As immediate to medium-term measure, members agreed to pay close attention to the conduct of police officers across the country in order to get them and other internal security operatives fully back to work as they have not been functioning to full capacity since the #EndSARS protests with the attendant security exposure to the safety of lives and properties of the ordinary citizens.”