Governors Meet To Review COVID-19 Pandemic Nationwide

The Nigeria Governors’ Forum is set to meet Wednesday, via teleconference to review the Covid19 situation, various measures taken by states governments at various stages nationwide

The Director General of the Forum, Mr Asishana Bayo Okauru, in invite to the Governors noted that this will be the sixth teleconference for the governors since the Covid19 pandemic slipped into the country.

Mr Okauru’s requested the governors to prepare to discuss the journey so far and provide state-by-state updates on the dominant issue of the season.

Four states including Bauchi, Ogun, Lagos and Oyo will be invited to share their experiences with the rest of the country, according to a statement by Abdulrazaque Bello-Barkindo, Head, Media and Public Affairs of the forum.

He said that the National Economic Council ad-hoc committee and the Presidential Task Force on Covid19 were also expected to make presentations before the governors at the Wednesday meeting.

The meeting which starts at 2pm will also deliberate on palliatives to the most vulnerable in society and how the Federal and State governments are collaborating on the Pandemic and the type of assistance that the president will be rendering to states.

The previous five meetings were attended by most of the governors and their contributions were as intensive as they were varied in approach.