The Chairman of the Southern Governors Forum, Rotimi Akeredolu is certain that the presidency will address the last Tuesday resolution of the southern leader’s meeting.
The 17-member forum had called for the creation of state police and national restructuring to control the country’s security challenges.
Akeredolu who also doubles as the Governor of Ondo state during an interview with Arise TV said: “Getting a presidential buy-in might be some cause for concern, but 17 governors from the south… I believe that whatever we have said should be given some weight, it must be something that has to be considered. That means the presidency will look at it and consider it. The number is large. It is more or less like half of us.
According to the governor, the communique would have also be accepted by other regions if they were brought on board.
“I know that if we had called our brothers in the middle belt, they would have signed up to this. I even know that there are some of our brothers even in the north that would have signed up to this communique, who also believe that the time has come for us to have dialogue.
“I know Mr president. He gets this. It has to be considered. It must be considered. Because the number of governors involved is not one you can just push aside. When you talk about this dialogue, it is a matter of serious concern to us. It is not a parlour gossip. It is a matter that came from serious, in-depth discussion of governors.”
“We have a number of northern governors who support our position. I give an example with the governor of Kano state who had over and over again, vehemently opposed open grazing.
“He is a Fulani man and he continually says that open grazing is not in the interest of his own people and that to continue in this mode of animal husbandry in this age and time, is also not in the interest of the Nigerian economy, ” he said.
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