South-south governors on
Wednesday restated the demand for restructuring and 13 percent derivation from
the federal government.
Seriake Dickson, Bayelsa state
governor and spokesman of the forum, made this known in a communique released
after a one-day meeting in Port Harcourt, Rivers.
He said the forum also demanded a
13 percent derivation from the $1 billion withdrawn from the excess crude
account by the federal government for security.
Dickson said the demand was in
the spirit and clamour for restructuring and in line with true federalism.
The demand, he said, was in
accordance with the constitutional provision.
He said the forum was not against
the amount withdrawn by the federal government to fight insecurity in the
country.
“The South-South Governors Forum
supports the clamour for restructuring, fiscal federalism and devolution of
power from the centre to the federating units,” the communique read.
“The governors said for Nigeria
to be stable, peaceful and prosperous, it should be restructured. They vowed to
work with like minds to make it a reality.”
Dickson noted that the forum
expressed support for the devolution of powers among the federating states.
The forum, he said, called for
the withdrawal from the national assembly a bill on the management and
administration of water resources.
Governors Nyesom Wike of Rivers,
Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom, Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta and Dickson of Bayelsa
attended the meeting while Ben Ayade of Cross River was absent.
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