Governors of the 36 states will tomorrow, Wednesday 27th May 2020 gather to review a number of critical national questions that revolve around the financial autonomy for the judiciary and legislature of the state, code-named the Executive Order 10, 2020.
Okay.ng recalls that President Muhammadu Buhari signed the executive order granting financial autonomy to the legislature and judiciary across the states.
Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF) Head, Media and Public Affairs, Abdulrazaque Bello-Barkindo, who disclosed this in a statement in Abuja said the governors will meet via teleconference.
Bello-Barkindo added that that governors will also touch issues around the NLNG ownership, the controversial NCDC Bill, the restructuring of states loans and the FAAC deductions which have been a recurring decimal on the governor’s table.
The statement read: “Among the issues to be reviewed are a number of critical national questions that revolve around the financial autonomy for the states’ judiciary and legislature code-named the Executive Order 10, 2020.
“The governors will also touch issues around the Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG) ownership, the controversial National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) Bill.
“Also to be discussed is the restructuring of states’ loans and the Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) deductions, which have been a recurring decimal on the governors’ table.
“As usual the governors will be given an update on the COVID-19 pandemic in the country, as well as review a letter from the National Coordinator of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 as it relates to the pandemic draft regulations.”
