South-West governors to meet in Ekiti on Monday to tackle development challenges

Idowu Adelusi, the chief press secretary to the Ekiti state governor, in a statement on Thursday, February 9, said the ‎meeting would be in furtherance of the resolve of the governors of the six states of the South-West to meet on a regular basis to continue to pursue a unified frame-work for tackling the development challenges of the region.

The meeting is expected to take some critical decisions in respect of the mission of the development agenda for Western Nigeria, for which all the state governments have declared their commitment.

Governors from the following states are to attend the meeting, namely Ekiti, Osun, Ondo, Oyo, Ogun and Lagos.

Last year, the South west governors were engaged in an economic forum to discuss the issue of finance especially how it affects the region especially in the economically challenging period.

The economic forum was held in Ibadan, Oyo state on Monday, November 21 and was hosted by Governor Abiola Ajimobi.

In attendance were Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos, Governor Rauf Aregbesola of Osun and Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti.