The Governors of the Southwest States have unanimously agreed to venture into massive food production. This is in order to guarantee food sufficiency in the region.
This was disclosed by the Governors after their regional meeting which took place in Lagos.
According to reports, the Southwest Governors used the occasion of the meeting to unanimously picked the Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu as chairman of the forum.
The Lagos State Governor is to replace the late former Ondo State Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, who passed on in December last year.
Following his assumption as Chairman of the Southwest Governors Forum, Sanwo-Olu read an 11-point resolution of the meeting.
The resolution of the forum as as follows:
“The Forum unanimously nominated and adopted the Governor of Lagos State, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu as its Chairman.
“The Forum paid its last respects to its late Chairman of the Southwest Governors’ Forum, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi O. Akeredolu, SAN, CON. And also congratulated the new Governor of Ondo State, H.E Hon. Lucky Orimisan Aiyedatiwa, for winning the All Progressives Congress’s (APC’s) Governorship ticket for the next election.
“On security, the Forum commends the relative peace in the Southwest region. And notes the collaboration between all security agencies and the Amotekun Corps. It reaffirms its full support for State Police.
“On food security, the Forum acknowledges the efforts of the Federal Government. And decides that the Honourable Commissioners for Agriculture of all the States should begin to meet. And to set up a working template, which will ensure collaboration based on each State’s comparative advantage.
“On Minimum Wage, the Forum supports the efforts of the Federal Government, the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) and the Organized Private Sector in their ongoing conversations with the Labour Union. We believe the outcome will reflect true fiscal federalism.
source: The Nation
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