4th October, 2021
Okafor Ofiebor /Port Harcourt
Governors of the South-South rejoin are currently meeting at Government House in Port Harcourt, Rivers state.
The meeting was hosted by Governor Nyesom Wike.
Chairman of the South-South Governors’ Forum, Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State, and Godwin Obaseki of Edo State were the first to arrive for the meeting.
They arrived around 10:30 am.
They were joined later by Governor of Bayelsa State, Douye Diri, and his counterpart from Akwa Ibom State, Udom Emmanuel.
At the time of this report, Cross River State Governor, Ben Ayade, had yet to arrive for the meeting.
The agenda of the South-South governors’ meeting was not disclosed but PM News learned that the top of the agenda includes issues bordering on power rotation, the dispute over the Value Added Tax (VAT), security, and economic development of the region.