…Reject 3% revenue for oil communities in PIB
The Southern Governors Forum has declared support for rotation and zoning of the Presidency to the South in 2023.
This was contained in a communiqué issued yesterday, at the end of the Governor’s meeting in Alausa, Ikeja, Lagos State.
According to the statement, the Forum re-affirmed their commitment to the unity of Nigeria on the pillars of equity, fairness, justice, progress and peaceful co-existence between and amongst its people.
Chairman of the Forum, Rotimi Akeredolu, who made the announcement while addressing newsmen, declared that they have jointly agreed that Nigeria’s next President should emerge from the southern region.
The governors insisted that Nigeria’s president must be rotated between the southern and northern regions, while demanding that the South must produce President Muhammadu Buhari’s successor in 2023 irrespective of the political party that the person may belong to.
He also said that they reviewed the situation in the country and focused on the current security situation, Constitutional amendment and the Petroleum Industry Bill, (PIB), amongst others. They, however, rejected the 3% revenue recommended in the PIB just passed by the National Assembly.
The Forum also disclosed that the southern governors also set September 21, 2021, as the deadline for the promulgation of anti-open grazing law among its member States. They also resolved that security agencies must notify them as the chief security officer of their States before they carry out any operations within their domain.
The governors also announced September 21st, 2021, as the dateline for the promulgation of anti-open grazing laws in their various States in order to end the persistent face-off between farmers and herders across the region.
The communique was signed and addressed by the Ondo State governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, who was the head of the Forum.
The meeting was a follow-up to their last meeting in Asaba, the Delta State capital.
