Governors of the South East and South-South geopolitical zones yesterday, Sunday held an emergency inaugural meeting in Enugu to form a Forum wherein, they deliberate issues of great concern to both zones, especially the surging Biafra agitations and the quit notice by the Arewa youths to ndigbo.

The Forum which appointed Governor Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom as its chairman, after the three-hour meeting, agreed on political cooperation and to hold their next meeting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State on August 27, 2017.

The meeting which was attended by eight governors and a deputy governor, with two governors absent, was graced by the presence of Governors Igwenyi Ugwuanyi (Enugu), David Umahi (Ebonyi), Udom Emmanuel (Akwa-Ibom), Ben Ayade (Cross River), Rochas Okorocha (Imo), and Nyesom Nike (Rivers).

Also in the meeting were Okezie Ikpazu (Abia), Seriake Dickson (Bayelsa) and Anambra Deputy Governor, Nkem Okeke, who represented Governor Willie Obiano.
Governors Ifeanyi Okowa and Godwin Obaseki of Delta and Edo states were absent at the meeting.

The forum in a communiqué it adopted after the meeting and read by the chairman Udom Emmanuel, stated that, “having reviewed the state of the nation, particularly as it affects us in the south-South and South East regions, we have agreed as follows: “To pursue inter regional cooperation of integration for the economic benefit of the two regions; to politically work together and realign as a people that share common heritage, culture and affinities.”

Enugu state Governor, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi who hosted the meeting described the forum as “the dawn of a new thinking that will lead to a mutual cooperation between the governments of South East and South-South zones.”

South East Governors forum Chairman and Ebonyi state Governor, David Umahi stated in his addressed read out by his Chief Press Secretary, Emmanuel Uzor, “we are meeting as brothers to talk about regional integration and find lasting solution to intermittent outbreak of interstate clashes arising from boundary disputes among the two regions.

“We are also talking about economic survival of the two regions and look at possible ways of bringing our ingenuity and making use of our huge deposit of both human and natural resources to attain economic viable zones in Nigeria.

“There is also need to discuss security, peace and unity of the two regions and find lasting solution to various salient issues that affect our unity in Nigeria.

“It is a meeting born out of love and desire to find cohesion among the two regions and I am happy that my brother Governors responded to the call even at the short notice given to them. In other words, we are discussing regional and national interest.‎”

Here are the pictures from the event.

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Nice one but this one wet dem no con invite we deltans hope no problems

one of there target goal should be finding all available means to make calabar or port harcourt sea port to work in full force




any thing less than dat is shit




because of sea port one particular tribe is behaving like fools

change is coming