₦airaland Forum

OP, really researched.

Omoluabi1stborn:
But why is not it that they didn't meet again From 2005 till 2017

According to the last report in 2017
They were to meet in Port Harcourt. But unfortunately they didn't meet
Smh

Well done naptu2

Tinubu was the driving force behind the forum from 2000 to 2005 when it was very active. The dirty politics that played out between Obasanjo, Atiku and Tinubu in the months leading to the 2007 election was what caused the collapse of the forum.

Tinubu was doing everything possible to win back the southwest states for the opposition party. He was also schemed to bring Atiku, the then Vice President to contest on the platform of the opposition party. So, PDP governors took side with Obasanjo and the forum just went into hibernation since then.

Let them have one voice

seunmsg:
Tinubu was the driving force behind the forum from 2000 to 2005 when it was very active. The dirty politics that played out between Obasanjo, Atiku and Tinubu in the months leading to the 2007 election was what caused the collapse of the forum.

Tinubu was doing everything possible to win back the southwest states for the opposition party. He was also schemed to bring Atiku, the then Vice President to contest on the platform of the opposition party. So, PDP governors took side with Obasanjo and the forum just went into hibernation since then.

Oh, understood now.
That tinubu guy nah real strong man.

naptu2:
The first meeting of the southern governors in the 4th Republic was held in Lagos in October 2000. The Southern Governors Summit was used to coordinate the fight for resource control and more importantly, the fight against the onshore/offshore dichotomy. It was also used to demand for devolution of powers (state police, etc.).

Offshore/Onshore Dichotomy.

The 1999 constitution stated that a percentage of mineral revenue that was derived from a state should be given to that state. It also stated that the National Assembly should meet to determine what the percentage would be, but it must not be less than 13%.

The Federal Government led by President Olusegun Obasanjo paid the states 13% of the revenue derived from minerals in their states. This was because the National Assembly did not set any percentage, so the Federal Government simply used the percentage that was mentioned in the constitution.

However, there was a problem.

The Federal Government stated that any mineral (that is, crude oil) that was found in the ocean, off the continental shelf of a state, belonged to the Federal Government and it would not pay any derivation funds to any state for it.

The states argued that they must have a share of the revenue from such minerals, regardless of the fact that they are in the ocean.

The battle was waged in the National Assembly and in the courts. State governments sued the Federal Government. The state governors were meeting to coordinate their strategy, but then there was a division. A few northern state governments took the side of the Federal Government and so the Southern governors then decided to coordinate their strategy through the Southern Governors Forum.

Politics crept in ahead of the 2007 elections and the Southern Governors Forum did not meet between 2005 and 2017. Their wives continued to hold meetings, but the Southern Governors Forum did not meet.

Until recently, the host governor usually acted as chairman and spokesman of the forum.


List of Southern Governors Forum meetings

Southern Governors Forum meeting, Lagos, October 2000.
https://allafrica.com/stories/200010100252.html


Southern Governors Forum meeting, Enugu, January 2001.
http://allafrica.com/stories/200101150174.html

Conclave of Governors (report of the Southern Governors Summit in Enugu)
https://allafrica.com/stories/200101150096.html

Southern Governors Forum meeting, Benin, March 2001.
http://allafrica.com/stories/200103190380.html

Southern Governors Forum meeting, Ibadan, September 2001.
https://allafrica.com/stories/200109110026.html

Southern Governors Forum meeting, Owerri, November 2001.
https://allafrica.com/stories/200111140102.html

Southern Governors Forum meeting, Port Harcourt, March 2002
https://allafrica.com/stories/200203110194.html

7th Southern Governors Forum meeting, Akure, July 2002.
http://allafrica.com/stories/200207120292.html

Southern Governors Forum meeting, February 2004
http://allafrica.com/stories/200402060556.html

Southern Governors Forum meeting, Benin, December 2004
https://allafrica.com/stories/200412060193.html

Nigeria: Southern Govs. Summit: Igbinedion Carpets FG Over Anambra Crisis
https://allafrica.com/stories/200412060258.html

Nigeria: Deductions: Southern Govs Lash FG
https://allafrica.com/stories/200412060349.html

Southern Governors Forum meeting, Lagos, February 2005
https://allafrica.com/stories/200503010200.html

Udenwa makes case for southern governors forum. March 2005.
http://allafrica.com/stories/200503020368.html


Southern Governors Forum To Meet In Lagos 12 Years After Last Meeting (Lagos, 2017)
https://www.nairaland.com/4130625/southern-governors-forum-meet-lagos


Southern Governors Forum meeting, Asaba, May 2021
https://www.nairaland.com/6548268/insecurity-southern-governors-meet-asaba

Southern Governors Forum meeting, Lagos, July 2021
https://www.nairaland.com/6634966/southern-governors-meet-lagos-today

So, were they successful in their right,or they abandoned it?

The south just needs to fight for its own emancipation.
Nigeria is bound for disintegration because the other side of the political divide have so much bastardized this country for so long a time.

Thank you very much for this information.

Omo enough literature with references full this thread

Racoon:
The south just needs to fight for its own emancipation.
Nigeria is bound for disintegration because the other side of the political divide have so much bastardized this country for so long a time.

Which disintegration?
There can only be disintegration where there is Southern and Middle belt Unity but as of now .... No Southern Unity and Middle belt is more divisive than before .....

So GOWON !!

Omoluabi1stborn:
But why is it that they didn't meet again From 2005 till 2017

According to the last report in 2017
They were to meet in Port Harcourt. But unfortunately they didn't meet
Smh

Well done naptu2

lol it’s obvious na
Buharis nepotism is the reason

Believe it or not? Here no one will give you an unambiguous answer, because everyone is his own master, depending on his point of view and experience. I can only say from my experience of gambling in gambling establishments that it is always necessary to select clubs based on real reviews and rating of gaming sites. So before you play, check out is dr bet legit

3minssex:
So, were they successful in their right,or they abandoned it?

They were successful. President Obasanjo ended up doing a political solution in which he accepted that there was no difference between onshore oil profits and offshore oil profits. The National Assembly later passed a law that reflected this view. Northern state governors and one southern governor sued the National Assembly because of that law, but they lost at the Supreme Court.

DJ Neptune on the Beatz!

naptu2:
The first meeting of the southern governors in the 4th Republic was held in Lagos in October 2000. The Southern Governors Summit was used to coordinate the fight for resource control and more importantly, the fight against the onshore/offshore dichotomy. It was also used to demand for devolution of powers (state police, etc.).

Offshore/Onshore Dichotomy.

The 1999 constitution stated that a percentage of mineral revenue that was derived from a state should be given to that state. It also stated that the National Assembly should meet to determine what the percentage would be, but it must not be less than 13%.

The Federal Government led by President Olusegun Obasanjo paid the states 13% of the revenue derived from minerals in their states. This was because the National Assembly did not set any percentage, so the Federal Government simply used the percentage that was mentioned in the constitution.

However, there was a problem.

The Federal Government stated that any mineral (that is, crude oil) that was found in the ocean, off the continental shelf of a state, belonged to the Federal Government and it would not pay any derivation funds to any state for it.

The states argued that they must have a share of the revenue from such minerals, regardless of the fact that they are in the ocean.

The battle was waged in the National Assembly and in the courts. State governments sued the Federal Government. The state governors were meeting to coordinate their strategy, but then there was a division. A few northern state governments took the side of the Federal Government and so the Southern governors then decided to coordinate their strategy through the Southern Governors Forum.

Politics crept in ahead of the 2007 elections and the Southern Governors Forum did not meet between 2005 and 2017. Their wives continued to hold meetings, but the Southern Governors Forum did not meet.

Until recently, the host governor usually acted as chairman and spokesman of the forum.


List of Southern Governors Forum meetings

Southern Governors Forum meeting, Lagos, October 2000.
https://allafrica.com/stories/200010100252.html


Southern Governors Forum meeting, Enugu, January 2001.
http://allafrica.com/stories/200101150174.html

Conclave of Governors (report of the Southern Governors Summit in Enugu)
https://allafrica.com/stories/200101150096.html

Southern Governors Forum meeting, Benin, March 2001.
http://allafrica.com/stories/200103190380.html

Southern Governors Forum meeting, Ibadan, September 2001.
https://allafrica.com/stories/200109110026.html

Southern Governors Forum meeting, Owerri, November 2001.
https://allafrica.com/stories/200111140102.html

Southern Governors Forum meeting, Port Harcourt, March 2002
https://allafrica.com/stories/200203110194.html

7th Southern Governors Forum meeting, Akure, July 2002.
http://allafrica.com/stories/200207120292.html

Southern Governors Forum meeting, February 2004
http://allafrica.com/stories/200402060556.html

Southern Governors Forum meeting, Benin, December 2004
https://allafrica.com/stories/200412060193.html

Nigeria: Southern Govs. Summit: Igbinedion Carpets FG Over Anambra Crisis
https://allafrica.com/stories/200412060258.html

Nigeria: Deductions: Southern Govs Lash FG
https://allafrica.com/stories/200412060349.html

Southern Governors Forum meeting, Lagos, February 2005
https://allafrica.com/stories/200503010200.html

Udenwa makes case for southern governors forum. March 2005.
http://allafrica.com/stories/200503020368.html


Southern Governors Forum To Meet In Lagos 12 Years After Last Meeting (Lagos, 2017)
https://www.nairaland.com/4130625/southern-governors-forum-meet-lagos


Southern Governors Forum meeting, Asaba, May 2021
https://www.nairaland.com/6548268/insecurity-southern-governors-meet-asaba

Southern Governors Forum meeting, Lagos, July 2021
https://www.nairaland.com/6634966/southern-governors-meet-lagos-today

I don't knw if nairaland pay u, if not u need to start ur own blog cos u got well researched and rich content

naptu2:
They were successful. President Obasanjo ended up doing a political solution in which he accepted that there was no difference between onshore oil profits and offshore oil profits. The National Assembly later passed a law that reflected this view. Northern state governors and one southern governor sued the National Assembly because of that law, but they lost at the Supreme Court.

Who is the southern governor?

naptu2:
They were successful. President Obasanjo ended up doing a political solution in which he accepted that there was no difference between onshore oil profits and offshore oil profits. The National Assembly later passed a law that reflected this view. Northern state governors and one southern governor sued the National Assembly because of that law, but they lost at the Supreme Court.

The battle for the abolition of Onshore / Offshore dichotomy was mainly fought by the South West Governors led by Tinubu and Chief Olusegun Osoba under the Littoral States and FG battle. They were lucky that Obasanjo was the President and Obj have sympathies for the oil producing region especially Port Harcourt. The most affected State by the Onshore / Offshore dichotomy is Akwa Ibom. The abolition of the Onshore / Offshore dichotomy made Akwa Ibom a very rich State today.

The Southern States governors forum was very weak because of a region in the South.

In 2017, October 22 when AMBODE and Emmanuel Udom of AkwaIbom jointly hosted Southern States governors forum in Lagos, it was a flop. The social media was very hot that night. Apart from Ekiti gubernatorial elections, that day was the hottest day on Social Media. There was fierce battle between two regions in the South. There were insults. A lot of historical manipulations. Different versions of history of Nigeria and that of Civil war. The people of a particular region said they don't want unity with another region in South. It was a tough battle. The meeting ended in flop. I remembered I posted almost ten times on nairaland alone.

https://www.nairaland.com/4130625/southern-governors-forum-meet-lagos/8#61655799

From the above reference, starting the page from the beginning to the end, you will see the greatest battle of the South and why the meeting stops since 2017 until this Fulani issues.

I