South-West governors meet in Lagos, discuss insecurity and others

Lagos hosted a South-West Governors Forum meeting on Tuesday where members discussed insecurity in the region, business and other issues.

Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu hosted the forum at the State House, Marina. Present at the closed door meeting which started at 4:30 pm were five governors of member states. Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo state was represented by his deputy, Mr. Rauf Olaniyan.

After 90 minutes, the Governors rose from the meeting and offered no detailed information on matters discussed.

Addressing journalists, the chairman of the Forum and Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, gave a brief statement on their discussion, disclosing that part of their deliberations centered on the security situation in the region.

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Akeredolu disclosed that there was also discussion on Oodua Group, a company owned by all six Southwest States, but declined to give further details. He pointed out that the Forum was not willing to share full information on the meeting.

“We, the six Governors of the Southwest under the Southwest Governors’ Forum met today. We deliberated on a number of common and personal issues. We also deliberated on our common heritage, which is the Oodua Group of Companies”, Akeredolu said.

“At the end, we agreed on a few things; a number of them, which have to do with security, are not what we can discuss in the open. This short address is just to let you (pressmen) know we met today but we don’t want our decisions discussed in the open.”

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