The governors of the thirty-six states of Nigeria are expected to meet with economic and financial agencies in the country, over the management of their states’ security votes.
Security vote is a monthly allocation given to state
governments for improved security.
According to a statement signed by AbdulRazaque
Bello-Barkindo, the spokesperson of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF), the
meeting will take place virtually on Tuesday, April 4.
Asishana Bayo Okauru, director-general of the Nigeria
Governors Forum (NGF), said the agencies expected to be at the meeting include
the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), the Independent Corrupt
Practices and other related offences Commission (ICPC), the Federal Inland
Revenue Service(FIRS) and the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).
“Furthermore, the
meeting will also consider deepening the management and expansion of the
cashless policy which took effect from the time of the redesigning of the
national currency, the Nigerian Naira, last year, to further the financial
inclusion of all citizens in the ensuing scheme of things, going forward,” the
statement reads.
“This meeting is called at the instance of the Nigeria
Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU) in its letter of 30th March, which was
addressed to the chairman of the NGF and signed by the Modibbo Hamman Tukur,
NFIU director.
“All governors are advised to prioritize the meeting as its
contents had been discussed at the NGF emergency meeting on Thursday 30th
March, where it was unanimously agreed that a conjunction with the agencies
mentioned above was imperative.”
The meeting also aims to facilitate financial inclusion and
development which will put Nigeria on the same pedestal as advanced countries.
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