Nigeria Governors’ Forum

May 17, (THEWILL) – To begin with, any assessment of the subnational level must acknowledge that Nigeria's federal system is defective and quasi-federalist in nature. Put bluntly, it operates with the ethos of a tightly centralized “Bonapartist state”. This is...

May 3, (THEWILL) - The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) says it is reviewing its individual fiscal space as state govern­ments and the consequential impact of various recommendations, to arrive at an improved sustainable minimum wage it can pay. The...

November 08, (THEWILL) - A group, Arewa Elders Forum For Development and Peace, has strongly appealed to the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF), and Zamfara State Elders to wade into fisticuffs between Governor Dauda Lawal and his immediate predecessor, Bello...

June 07, (THEWILL) - Governors from the 36 States of the federation are in the presidential villa, Abuja, meeting with President Bola Tinubu. Led by the Chairman of the Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF) and governor of Kwara, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq,...

May 24, (THEWILL) - The Federal Government has agreed to stop deductions from State Governments’ accounts “to meet Local Government Councils London/Paris Club obligations.” The outgoing Chairman of the Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF) and governor of Sokoto State, Aminu Tambuwal,...

May 18, (THEWILL) - Reforms by the Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, in the health sector, to improve primary healthcare delivery across the State, were brought to the fore at the Nigeria Primary Health Care (PHC) Leadership Challenge, as...

May 15, (THEWILL) - Former President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, has cautioned outgoing governors, to avoid unnecessary influence on their successors after leaving office on May 29. Saraki spoke at a farewell dinner for outgoing governors, organised by the...

April 27, (THEWILL) - Governors of the 36 states of the federation are to meet President Muhammadu Buhari to discuss the need to present a new revenue formula to the 9th National Assembly for passage into law before the...

April 06, (THEWILL) - Benue State House of assembly has given approval for Benue state government to key into a proposal submitted by the Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF), to enable the Federal Ministry of Finance, Budget and National Planning...

April 02, (THEWILL) - Governors of the 36 states of the federation under the auspices of the Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF), will on Tuesday, meet with all the anti-graft agencies in the country, with a view to ironing out...