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The governors elected on the platform of the All
Progressives Congress have stated that they met with President-elect Muhammadu
Buhari to discuss the precarious state of the Nigerian economy.
The Chairman of the APC
Governors forum and governor of Imo state, Rochas Okorocha, who briefed
reporters at the end of the meeting that held at the Defence House Abuja, said
the country’s economy is in such bad shape that no state has been able to pay
salaries of its workers.
PREMIUM TIMES reports:
“As it stands today, most
states of the federation have not been able to pay salaries, even the Federal
Government has not been able to pay their April salary and that is worrisome,”
he said.
“By May /June, that will
be three months and with the huge expectations of the people who voted for us into
office, we are hoping that the president-elect will do all that is humanly
possible to bring a bail out not only on the states, but the Federal Government
as well.”
Owelle Okorocha also said
the APC governors have seen a reason to work together with Muhammadu Buhari in
order to bring about the change that Nigerians are yearning for.
“We also call on our
brothers in the other parties to join us to build the Nigeria of our dreams.”
The Imo governor also
said they came as a group to formally congratulate the President-elect Buhari
for a “well deserved victory” in the presidential election which held on March
28.
On the rumoured
submission of ministerial nominees to the President-elect, Okorocha simply
remarked that it was “too early in the day” to do that.
He said the names would be
submitted as “soon as necessary”.
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