Kamarudeen Ogundele, Ado Ekiti
Southwest Governors on Monday agreed to compare notes to
give quality education to youths to ensure moral standards are
maintained to sustain the values of the region.
One centre each is to be donated by the state governors as Regional Centre of Excellence.
The governors also agreed to adopt a common framework on
security by directing the Commissioners of Police in the region to meet
regularly and share intelligence to ensure safety in aerial, land and
waterways with state governments supporting with critical resources.
They stated these in a communique issued after their meeting held in Ado Ekiti and read by Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose.
The governors also agreed to collaborate on energy and
power, digital and telecoms; leisure and entertainment as well as water
infrastructure by constituting Regional Technical Working Group on
Southwest Integrated Infrastructural Development.
The forum approved the Southwest Regional Integrated
Commercial Agriculture Development Programme while Lagos is to champion a
structured regional food exchange programme.
“Odua Investments Group to serve as a special purpose vehicle to drive the regional economic integration mission.
“Lagos to reinforce itself as a stakeholder and critical
part of the Odua Investment Group as the vehicle for the Socio-Political
and economic development of the western region of Nigeria within the
framework of prospering the lot our people.
“The set up Committee on Federal Government allocations in
Agriculture to be accessed for regional benefit. The DAWN Commission to
set up a dedicated desk for accessing Abuja Situation Office,” the
communique stated.
The next governors forum would hold in April in Ogun State.
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