Just In: Buhari holds virtual meeting with Nigerian state governors

The President Muhammadu Buhari and state governors are meeting.

According to Bashir Ahmed, a Presidential aide on Monday, the President is holding a virtual meeting with some members of the Nigerian Governors’ Forum, led by the forum chairman Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State.

President @MBuhari holds a virtual meeting with some members of the Nigerian Governors’ Forum, led by the forum chairman Governor @KFayemi of Ekiti State. pic.twitter.com/HBFRaFEQAn

— Bashir Ahmad (@BashirAhmaad) May 18, 2020

The meeting is holding via a video conference and Buhari is participating from the Presidential Villa, Abuja

The Chairman of the Nigerian Governors Forum and Governor of Ekiti State, Dr Kayode Fayemi, leads his colleagues at the meeting.

The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs Zainab Ahmed; Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Mr Godwin Emefiele; and the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr Abubakar Malami, are seen attending the meeting with Buhari in a photograph released by the State House.

The agenda is not clear, but it may not be unrelated to finances, the impact of COVID-19, and security challenges.

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