President Muhammadu Buhari is currently in crucial
meeting with the governors of Nigeria’s 36 states.
President Buhari in a meeting with Nigerian
Governors’ Forum led by its Chairman, Gov.
Abdulaziz Yari of Zamfara State, at the State House.
The meeting inside the Council Chambers of the
presidential villa in Abuja was started at exactly
2pm.
The majority of the state governors are in
attendance while a few others were represented by
their deputies.
Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti state, who is one
of the main critics of the incumbent leader of the
nation, is absent.
Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo; Minister of Finance,
Kemi Adeosun; and the Governor of Central Bank of
Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele are also in attendance.
President Buhari and other participants of the
meeting are expected to discuss the economic crisis
facing the country and the herdsmen attacks in parts
of the country among other national issues.
The president has yesterday met with the officials of
the World Bank over a possible loan or credit facility
in recent months.
The country will have to borrow 1.8 trillion naira
from abroad and at home to help fund the budget,
which has been postponed by several months and
wrangling with parliament, if it goes ahead.
Nigeria’s economy, the largest in Africa, grew by
2.8% last year, its slowest pace since 1999.