Governors under the aegis of Nigeria Governors Forum will on Wednesday hold their 13th Teleconference meeting to deliberate on issues of common socio-economic and governance issues.
A statement signed by the Head, Media and Public Affairs of the NGF, Adulrazaque Bello-Barkindo, in Abuja, on Tuesday said, the risk communication on Covid-19, the arm of the Presidential Task Force which strives to educate the Nigerian public on the existence and dangers of the Coronavirus, will take centre stage.
National Coordinator of the PTF on the Covid19 pandemic, Dr Sani Aliyu, is expected to join the teleconference which opens with the chairman’s remarks at 2 pm.
The statement read in part, “The Chairman of the Forum and Governor of Ekiti State, Dr John Kayode Fayemi will brief the governors on his key activities on behalf of the Forum, in the last fortnight, and open it up for deliberation.
“The invitation sent out to all the Governors by the Director General of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum, Mr. Asishana Bayo Okauru, states that the Chairman would be giving the Governors an update on the Covid19 pandemic, the State’s Fiscal Transparency, Accountability and Sustainability Program, the recently struck partnership between the Forum and the Central Bank of Nigeria CBN on agriculture, and Dr. Fayemi’s, recent meeting with the Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, and another partnership between the Forum and the UNDP, which revolves mainly around Gender-Based Violence, among many others.”
By John Alechenu,
The Punch