S’ West governors to meet on regional challenges, others

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 By Olu AJAYI (Abeokuta)

NIGERIA: GOVERNORS in the South West will on Monday gather in Abeokuta to deliberate on challenges facing

the region.

The Ogun State Commissioner for Regional Integration, Bashorun Adebola Adeife, said that the state Governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, and his colleagues would also discuss on setting goals for the South West towards ensuring it becomes a force to be reckon with in the country.

“Ogun State Governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun will host his colleagues from the South West, under the platform of the Development Agenda for Western Nigeria (DAWN) Commission at the MITROS Gateway Annex, Ibara, Abeokuta, on Monday,” Adeife said in a news release made available to GatewayMail on Saturday.

“The meeting will address the challenges confronting the region and set goals towards ensuring it becomes a force to be reckon with in the nation,” he stressed.

The Commissioner added: “Other areas of common interest that the forum will deliberate upon include security, education, agriculture, infrastructure, rail and road networks.”

According to him, the governors expected at the one day deliberation are Mr. Ayodele Fayose (Ekiti State), Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode (Lagos State), Arakunrin Rotimi Akeredolu (Ondo State), Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola (Osun State), and Senator Abiola Ajimobi (Oyo State).

“Amosun believes the forum will further deepen multilateral and bilateral cooperation among the states,” Adeife said.

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