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Southern Governors Insist on Presidency in 2023, Support VAT remittance to States

by Victor Graham
11 months ago
in Niger Delta News, Bayelsa State News
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Southern Governors in Nigeria on Thursday re-echoed their position that the next President of the country must come from their region in the spirit of justice, equity and fairness.

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This was part of the seven paragraph communiqué read by the chairman of Southern Governors’ Forum and Governor of Ondo State, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu.

The Southern Governors also reaffirmed its earlier commitment to structural and fiscal federalism.

They urged their respective state Houses of Assembly as well as representatives in the National assembly to pursue its inclusion in the Nigerian Constitution through the ongoing constitutional amendment.

The Forum also supported the position that the collection of VAT falls within the powers of the states.

The communique reads: “Nigerian Southern Governors’ Forum at its meeting of today, Thursday, 16th September 2021 held in the Government House, Enugu, Enugu State reviewed the state or the nation and the progress of implementation of the decisions reached in her previous meetings and further resolved as follows:

“Expressed satisfaction with the rate at which the States in the Southern Nigeria are enacting or amending the Anti-Open Grazing Laws which align with the uniform template and aspiration of Southern Governors and encouraged the States that are yet to enact this law to do so expeditiously.

“Encouraged the full operationalization of already agreed regional security outfits; which would meet, share intelligence and collaborate, to ensure the security and safety of the region.

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“Reaffirmed its earlier commitment to Structural and fiscal federalism as resolved at the inaugural meeting of the Forum held on Tuesday, 11th May 2021 at Asaba, Delta State and emphasized the need for the Southern States to leverage the legislative competence of their respective State Houses of Assembly as well as representation in the National assembly to pursue its inclusion in the Nigerian Constitution through the ongoing constitutional amendment.

“Following from paragraph 3” above, the meeting resolved to support the position that the collection of VAT falls within the powers of the States.

“Expressed satisfaction with the handling of issues around the Petroleum Industry ACT (PIA) and ownership of Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) by the larger Nigerian Governors’ Forum.

“Reiterated their earlier position that the next President of Nigeria must come from the Southern part of Nigeria in line with politics of equity, justice and fairness.

“The Forum thanked the host Governor, Rt. Hon. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, and chose Rivers State as the next host for the Southern Governors’ Forum meeting in November 2021”.

The governors in attendance were Akeredolu, Ifeanyi Okowa (Delta); Gbenga Oyetola (Osun); Babajide Sanwo-Olu (Lagos); Nyesom Wike (Rivers); Udom Emmanuel (Akwa Ibom); Douye Diri (Bayelsa) and Dapo Abiodun (Ogun).

The Deputy Governors were: Prof. Evara Esu (Cross River); Udo Okochukwu (Abia); Bisi Egbeyemi (Ekiti); Kelechi Igwe (Ebonyi); Rauf Olaniyan (Oyo); Philip Shuaibu (Edo) and Prof. Placid Njoku, (Imo).

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