In the face of wide criticism that greeted their Tuesday 11th May 2021 meeting in Delta State now known as Asaba Declaration, the Southern Governors, has fixed Monday July 5th 2021 for another meeting in Lagos State.
The last meeting focused on recent happenings in the polity and security concerns in the country and particularly in their domain.
Available information has it that the 17 governors would be in attendance with Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, would host the meeting scheduled to hold at the State House, Alausa, Ikeja.
The State Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr Gbenga Omotoso, confirmed that the parley would discuss issues relating to Insecurity, true federalism, Open Grazing, State Police, restructuring, food security, among others.
Besides, it was learnt that the meeting is expected to discuss the gains of the last meeting and the next move to make.
It would be recalled that the governors, at the last meeting which was hosted by Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State and attended by 15 of the 17 Southern governors, arrived at a 12-point resolution which included the banning of Open Grazing of cattle in all the states.
They also agreed that the progress of the nation required that urgent and bold steps be taken to restructure the Nigerian Federation leading to the evolution of State Police, even as they called for the review of revenue allocation formula in favour of the sub-national governments as well as the creation of other institutions which legitimately advance commitment to the practice of true federalism.
It would be recall that the last meeting brought security threat where Fulanis Jihadists of Usman Dan Fodio heritage, threatened to cause severe consequences in Asaba and Agbor if the governor failed to withdraw his position on open grazing.
