President Muhammadu Buhari will on Friday meet with Governors of the 36 states of the federation at the
Presidential Villa to discuss the last tranche of the Paris and London Club
refunds.
This Day reports that the meeting
which is at the request of the Governors, is to seek the President’s approval
for the final release of N200billion Paris Club refund.
“The governors are hoping the
president will authorise the final release of the Paris Club refunds, which is
about N200 billion so that they can fulfil their obligations to workers and
pensioners and pay other bills in their states,” a source said.
According to him, when the
Chairman of the Nigerian Governors’ Forum (NGF) and Governor of Zamfara State,
Abdulaziz Yari, led a delegation of seven governors to London to visit the
president, he had thanked them for “holding Nigeria together in his absence”.
The Governors want to capitalize
on the good relationship with Buhari, to seek his approval for the last release
of the refunds.
Buhari had approved the payment
of the first tranche of N522 billion on December 16 last year.
In July, the federal government
released N243.80billion as the second tranche of Paris Club refunds.
With the release of the second
tranche, the total amount disbursed to the states stands at N765.8billion.
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