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South-West governors meet in Ekiti on Monday

By Muyiwa Adeyemi, Head, South-West Bureau
10 February 2017   |   2:24 am
Governors of the South-West geo-political zone will on Monday meet in Ado-Ekiti, the Ekiti ‎State capital, in continuation of their regular meetings aimed at ensuring regional integration.

Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose

Governors of the South-West geo-political zone will on Monday meet in Ado-Ekiti, the Ekiti ‎State capital, in continuation of their regular meetings aimed at ensuring regional integration.

In a statement yesterday by the Chief Press Secretary to the Ekiti State Governor, Mr. Idowu Adelusi, the ‎meeting would be in furtherance of the resolve of the governors of the six states of the South-West to meet on a regular basis to continue to pursue a unified frame-work for tackling the development challenges of the region.

The meeting is expected to take some critical decisions in respect of the mission of the development agenda for Western Nigeria, for which all the state governments have declared their commitment.

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