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Press statement from Presidency below, President Buhari acceded immediately to one out the six requests by the Governors.

Quite instructive to note that as this reprieve is being given to the North East Boko Haram ravaged North East, who have not made any commitment to lay down arms, the government is launching fighter jets to bomb defenceless villages in South-South. Meanwhile, oil pipeline busters to steal crude oil in Bayelsa, Rivers and refined petroleum products in Ibafo and Isheri areas of Ogun/Lagos operate undisturbed.

Femi Adesina: Special Adviser to the President (Media and Publicity)

President Buhari Tuesday in Abuja assured State Governors that the days of impunity, lack of
accountability, and fiscal recklessness in the management of national resources are over in Nigeria.

Speaking at a meeting with the Governors in the Presidential Villa, President Buhari ..... promised special assistance for the three
North Eastern states badly affected by the Boko Haram insurgency.
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On an immediate lifeline for states that owe salaries running into many months, President Buhari said that a
committee headed by the Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, will look at the Excess Crude Account and see what can
be shared immediately.

The governors, led by Chairman of the Governors Forum, Abdulaziz Yari of Zamfara State, had presented a wish
list tothe President that included:

Ø Obedience of extant Supreme Court ruling that all
monies go into the Consolidated Federation Account;

Ø An order from the President that all revenue generating
agencies must pay into the Consolidated Federation
Account;

Ø Review of the Revenue Allocation Formula;

Ø Refund of the monies expended by states on federal
projects;

Ø A special consideration for the three states of the
North East under Boko Haram infestation;

Ø Full details of the amounts that accrued into the Excess Crude Account from 2011, and how the money
miraculously shrank without official sharing

Baba PMB, anytin dat u kno ill be gud 4 us(Nigerians), no lng talk......let d wind of change stat blowing now.

Odok1:
Baba PMB, anytin dat u kno ill be gud 4 us(Nigerians), no lng talk......let d wind of change stat blowing now.

Amen to that.

#President Buhari at it again with his menial policies!

There must be more to governance than appeasing boko haram states. He is making it look like these guys are victims, yet untill boko haram went heywiire, many people in these areas were actively sympathetic to their cause, shielding and hiding vile fighters of this group. . Throwing money around won't solve this problem. Reorientation will and that will take time. . Looks like the only way any section of the country can draw the attention of buhari is to ignite a mayhem. .

owobokiri:
There must be more to governance than appeasing boko haram states. He is making it look like these guys are victims, yet untill boko haram went heywiire, many people in these areas were actively sympathetic to their cause, shielding and hiding vile fighters of this group. . Throwing money around won't solve this problem. Reorientation will and that will take time. . Looks like the only way any section of the country can draw the attention of buhari is to ignite a mayhem. .

Gbam.