Amid recession 10 Northern governors spotted in Washington

Ten out of nineteen Northern governors have headed out to the Unites States of America for a three-day symposium organised by the United States Institute of Peace (USIP).

According to Sahara Reporters, the governors who are worried that their trip might be perceived by Nigerians as a jamboree amidst the biting economic recession, are demanding from their host’s practical benefits of the symposium as would make positive impacts on the majority of citizens across the 19 Northern States.

Borno State Governor, Kashim Shettima, delivering an address on behalf of the Northern Governors’ Forum (NGF) at the opening of the symposium, said traveling down to Washington at a time of economic recession was likely to attract condemnation for the Governors; but they defied the anticipated criticisms with expectations of benefits for their citizens.

The symposium, which ends on Wednesday, October 19, has in attendance Governors Shettima (Borno), Aminu Tambuwal (Sokoto), Darius Ishaku (Taraba), Abdulfatah Ahmed (Kwara), AbdulAziz Yari (Zamfara), Bindo Jibrilla (Adamawa), Muhammad Abubakar (Bauchi), Abubakar Sani Bello (Niger) and Deputy Governor of Kano State, Professor Hafiz Abubakar, representing Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, .

Governors of Plateau, Zamfara, Adamawa and Borno states, as well as Interior Minister, Major-Gen. AbdulRahman Dambazzau took part in panel discussions that also featured U.S. Government officials.

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