Governors of the Northeast have ended their 6th meeting in Damaturu, the Yobe State capital.
The meeting, under the auspices of the Northeast Governors Forum on Tuesday night, issued a five-point communique, bothering mostly on security and power supply.
The communique was signed by the forum’s chairman and Governor of Borno State, Professor Babagana Zulum, and read to journalists by Governor Inuwa Yahaya of Gombe State.
It noted the significant improvement in the security situation in the sub-region as evidenced by the mass surrender of Boko Haram fighters.
It also commended the Federal Government for its various initiatives towards stabilising the sub-region.
However, the forum called for the establishment of a sustainable programme for the handling of repentant terrorists.
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It noted with dismay the near one year lack of electricity in Maiduguri and its environs urging the federal to urgently find a lasting solution.
The Northeast Governors’ Forum further raised concerns over the non- commissioning of the Dadin Kowa and Kashimbila Hydro-power Plants which are stalling the development of the sub-region and appealed to the Federal Government to increase its investments in the sub-region, to guarantee peace and economic prosperity.
The forum also deliberated on the Mambilla Hydroelectric Project, calling on the National Assembly and the Federal Government to make adequate budgetary provisions in the 2022 appropriation bill for its implementation.
The Northeast Governors’ Forum, while recognizing that the 2022 budget is in its final stages, called on the National Assembly to look critically at the sub-region, to ensure that adequate budgetary provisions are made for all major capital projects in the sub-region.
The forum resolved to have its next meeting from the 9th to 11th March 2022 at Gombe, the Gombe State capital.
In attendance were the Governors of Borno, Gombe and Yobe, while the Governors of Adamawa, Bauchi, and Taraba States were represented by their deputies.
(Editor : Ena Agbanoma)
