Buhari in first meeting with state governors

President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice President Yemi
Osinbajo are currently meeting behind closed-doors
with all state governors.
The meeting, holding inside the Council Chambers of
the Presidential Villa, Abuja, is the first of its kind since
Buhari’s inauguration on May 29.
Issues such as the debts being owed state
governments by the Federal Government and the lifeline
being sought by state governors in order to meet their
states’ demands are expected to dominate discussions
at the meeting.
The meeting started at exactly 10.10am with the arrival
of the President.
Among state governors in attendance when the meeting
started were those of Rivers, Ogun, Imo, Gombe, Benue,
Delta, Niger, Kano, Katsina, Zamfara, Kogi, Borno and
Jigawa.
Others were governors of Kebbi, Kwara, Taraba, Ekiti,
Ondo, Kaduna, Oyo, Osun, Edo, Anambra, Sokoto,
Ebonyi, Lagos, Adamawa, Cross Rivers, Akwa Ibom and
Yobe States.
Plateau and Bayelsa States were represented by their
deputy governors.