Governors and traditional leaders from the nineteen northern states have started arriving at the Kashim Ibrahim House, the Kaduna State seat of power, ahead of a crucial meeting of the Northern States Governors’ Forum.
At the centre of today’s deliberations will be the worsening security situation in Northern Nigeria, where leaders are expected to carry out a comprehensive review and propose lasting, workable solutions.
Other pressing issues affecting the region’s development and progress will equally be on the table.
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This meeting comes just days after last week’s North-West Zonal Public Hearing of the Senate Ad-Hoc Committee on National Security, where leaders strongly pushed for a three-pillar security framework: the creation of a dedicated North-West Theatre Command, expansion of the Multinational Joint Task Force to tackle cross-border crimes, and the establishment of permanent state and local security committees.
The leaders also reiterated support for state police with robust accountability measures, tougher laws against illegal firearms.
