The Federal Government has been forewarned by the Nigerian Governors Forum (NGF) not to penalise the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), which is on strike.
After the forum meeting on Thursday, Kayode Fayemi, the chairman of the NGF and governor of Ekiti State, made the following appeal: “The Federal Government should resolve the disputed issues in the interest of the students and Nigeria.”
The Federal Government’s proposal to privatise National Integrated Power Plants was also rejected by the NGF (NIPPs).
The National Integrated Power Projects (NIPPS) stipulates that all the components of power must be combined into a unified entity (Value chain).
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These power plants are: Omotosho Generation Company Ltd., Calabar Generation Company Ltd., Geregu Generation Company Ltd., Benin Generation Company Ltd.
After the forum meeting on Thursday, Kayode Fayemi, the chairman of the NGF and governor of the state of Ekiti, noted in a speech in Abuja that the NGF had rejected the government’s privatisation plan since not all stakeholders had been involved.
He said: “We examined the issues relating to the proposed privatisation of the power project and we took a decision that at this point in time, the NGF is opposed to the sale of any of the plants until appropriate steps have been taken that would take into consideration the interest of states that are also equity holders in those plants.
“We’ll continue to do whatever we can to ensure the resources of Nigeria stay with the Nigerian people and are not filtered away in a manner we can’t explain,” he added.
Fayemi pointed out that the NGF disapproved of the government’s privatisation proposal because not all interested parties were involved.
Yemi Osinbajo, the vice president, spoke on behalf of President Muhammadu Buhari during the NGF meeting and officially opened the multi-billion dollar NGF facility in Maitama, Abuja.
