Tinubu Calls For Collaboration With States As Obaseki, Fubara, Others Visit Asiwaju In Lagos
President Bola Tinubu, on Tuesday, said Federal and State Governments must have the mutual responsibility of ensuring the country’s peace and stability.
Tinubu stressed the need for closer collaboration between the governments to foster rapid infrastructural development nationwide.
The president made this call when he received state governors under the auspices of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum at his residence in Lagos.
He said, “I want us to discard federal, state, or rural road classifications.
The meeting comes hours after the Forum’s secretariat denied any crisis in its ranks as alleged by its former director of Media and Public Affairs, Abdulrazaque Barkindo.
At Tuesday’s meeting with the governors, the president reiterated his condemnation of the latest killings in Plateau State.
Tinubu reiterated the directive to security agencies to “halt the carnage in Plateau State and intensify the pursuit of those responsible for the recent tragic events in Bokkos and Barkin-Ladi Local Government Areas.”
Chairman of the NGF and Kwara State Governor, Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq, expressed solidarity with the government and the people of Plateau State.
“May God be with the souls of the departed and bring peace to Plateau State. The Governor of Plateau State, we are with you; stay strong,” the NGF Chairman said.
Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, had led other 19 governors to a closed-door meeting with President Bola Tinubu at his Ikoyi residence in Lagos.
The 19 governors across party affiliations had arrived at Lagos House, Marina briefly to meet with their host, Sanwo-Olu before they later moved out on a Coaster Bus to Ikoyi, the residence of President Tinubu at about 2.20 pm.
The governors in the entourage include Edo State, Godwin Obaseki, Ondo State acting Governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, Rivers State, Siminalayi Fubara, Plateau State, Manasseh Mutfwang among others.
