The elected Governors under the aegis of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, held a meeting on Monday, in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State Capital. Among other things deliberated upon at the meeting, was a demand that the National Assembly should revisit the issue of devolution of powers to the states and local governments in its current Constitution Review.
The opposition party governors, in their demand asked President Muhammadu Buhari to immediately assent to the revised Electoral Act Amendment Bill into law without further delay.
The Governor of Delta State, Ifeanyi Okowa, while sharing details of the meeting via his verified Twitter account, listed eight (8) key points from the meeting as resolved by himself and other governors.
Mr. President must immediately sign the Electoral Act Amendment Bill into law to give Nigeria a reformed Electoral framework;
INEC must immediately work to strengthen our electoral processes, following the outcome of #FCTDecides2022, where our great party won 43 out of the 62 Councillorship positions.
The federal government must bring the perpetrators that imported contaminated petrol and sold this petrol to the Nigerian people to justice.
The federal government must immediately investigate the fictitious figures of petrol consumption that has been ascribed to Nigerians.
The Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission should expedite action on the new Revenue Allocation formula in such a way as to increase allocation to States and Local Governments.
That the Central Bank of Nigeria’s functions as processes must be streamlined to adhere to the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
That there must be transparency and accountability in the remittances of the Nigerian National Petroleum Commission into the federation account; and
That the National Assembly should revisit the issue of devolution of powers to the states and local governments in its current Constitution Review exercise to transfer some items from the Exclusive Legislative List to the Concurrent List.
