The Nigerian Governors Forum (NGF) has sent a message of warning against sanctioning the striking Academic Staff Union of Universities, (ASUU).
The NGF Chairman, Governor of Ekiti State, Kayode Fayemi, made this revelation in Abuja, the nation’s capital on Thursday, after the meeting of the forum. According to the NGF, the Federal Government should rather resolve the contentious issues in the interest of the students and Nigeria.
Also, the NGF said it has rejected the plan of the Federal Government to privatise National Integrated Power Plants, (NIPPs), to a private entity.
The plants are: Calabar Generation Company Ltd, Benin Generation Company Ltd, Olorunsogo Generation Company Ltd, Geregu Generation Company Ltd, and Omotosho Generation Company Ltd.
Fayemi noted that the NGF rejected the privatisation plan of the government because all stakeholders were not carried along in the matter. “We examined the issues relating to the proposed privatisation of the power project, and we took a decision that at this point in time, the NGF is opposed to the sale of any of the plants until appropriate steps have been taken that would take into consideration the interest of states that are also equity holders in those plants”.
“We’ll continue to do whatever we can to ensure the resources of Nigeria stay with the Nigerian people and are not filtered away in a manner we can’t explain”, he added.
During the NGF meeting, President Muhammadu Buhari, represented by the vice-president, Yemi-Osinbajo, commissioned a multi-billion naira NGF complex at Maitama, Abuja.
