The Governors’ Forum of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP in Nigeria met in Ibadan, the capital of Oyo State on Monday, 17th May, 2021.
The meeting which was led by the Chairman of the forum, Governor Aminu Tambuwal had in attendance over ten governors.
Other members of the forum present are; Governors Okezie Ikpeazu (Abia); Ahmadu Fintiri (Adamawa); Udom Emmanuel (Akwa Ibom); Bala Mohammed (Bauchi); Duoye Diri (Bayelsa); Samuel Ortom (Benue); Arthur Okowa (Delta); Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi (Enugu); Seyi Makinde (Oyo); Nyesom Wike (Rivers); Godwin Obaseki (Edo); Bello Matawalle (Zamfara) represented by his deputy, Aliyu Gusau.
Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State after the meeting revealed that the forum discussed burning national issues such as state policing, restructuring, ranching and electoral act.
According to Makinde, the forum threw their weight behind the decision of the southern governors to adopt ranching as solution to herders-farmers clashes in the country.
“At the PDP Governors’ Forum in Ibadan today, we discussed various national issues: state policing, restructuring, ranching and the Electoral Act. We called on the President to send an executive bill to the National Assembly to amend the constitution to provide for state policing.
“We also called for the restructuring of the Nigerian Federation to devolve more powers and functions to the states. We supported the position taken by various stakeholders to adopt ranching as the most viable solution to the herders-farmers clashes in Nigeria.
“Finally, we restated our earlier call on the National Assembly to expedite action on the passage of the Electoral Act that will ensure free and fair elections including provision for electronic accreditation and transmission of votes,” he said.
