The Governor of Plateau State,
Simon Lalong, has emerged as Chairman of the Northern Governors Forum for the
next four years.
He was elected by his
counterparts during the meeting of the forum which held in Kaduna on Friday.
We had earlier reported that
Governors of the 19 Northern states in the meeting appealed to the federal
government to strategise and come up with measures that could permanently deal
with the issue of insecurity in the region.
Gov. Kashim Shettima of Borno
State thanked President Muhammadu Buhari for his quick and immediate response
to issues of insecurity in the region which of recent, seems to be
deteriorating.
Shettima, who is the outgoing
chairman, explained that the forum has introduced and implemented quite a
number of measures to stem the tide of security challenges in the region.
He further appealed to the
Federal Government to restrategise and come up with measures that could deal
with the situation more permanently.
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