All the 36 state governors in Nigeria will have to be in Abuja today for an emergency meeting after a call by President Muhammadu Buhari.
This was disclosed by Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State on Thursday, when he briefed journalists during his quarterly media chat tagged: ‘2019 Media Appreciation Meeting’, at the Government House, Asaba.
The purpose for the the emergency meeting to seek solutions to the rising crime waves in Nigeria.
“As I speak to you, the president has summoned all the 36 state governors to an emergency meeting in Abuja to examine ways the various security challenges across the country can be tackled.
“We are already aware of the area where these crimes are committed in the state and we are also working out ways to tackle that problem there. But you will agree with me that these security challenges are not peculiar to this state alone.
“It has become a trends across all the states of the federation and that’s why the president has summoned all governors to a meeting in Abuja to seek ways to end this criminality, especially the aspects of kidnapping and that of the invading Fulani herdsmen.
“We are very optimistic that at the end of this meeting with the president some far-reaching decisions would have been made on how best to checkmate this growing menace in our society,” the Governor said.