Leadership (Abuja)
Osa Okhomina
7 November 2009
Yenagoa — Amidst palpable tension over threats of protests by workers of the Bayelsa State government and teachers in primary schools over non-payment of salaries and arrears, the thirty-six governors, under the Governors' Forum, have arrived in Yenagoa for a two-day deliberation on issues of politics, deregulation of the oil sector and the Niger Delta.
Already, the Action Congress (AC) in Bayelsa State, through its acting chairman, Comrade Miriki Ebikibina, has called on the governors to use the meeting to discuss and take a stand on issues that will impact meaningfully on the lives of the Nigerian people and the development of the nation.
Also, in a show of solidarity with the Bayelsa State governor, Chief Timipre Sylva, some politicians from Sgabama and Ekeremor Local Government Councils areas of the State yesterday rose from a close-door meeting and announced their decision to adopt the governor for a second term in 2012.
As at the time of this report, the itinerary for the meeting of the State governors was shrouded in secrecy as security reports showed that the arrival of the governors yesterday may be greeted with a protest march.
But LEADERSHIP SUNDAY investigation at the office of the protocol officers to the governor showed that the governors were being expected yesterday and a command performance will be held at the Millennium Park opposite the Government House.
Today, the governors are expected to hold a meeting at the new Government Lodge known as "Glory Land Castle," at about noon.
The Bayelsa State chapter of the Action Congress (AC) in a statement signed by the acting chairman, Comrade Miriki Ebikibina, said the meeting of the governors should be a positive one that will impact positively on the lives of the people rather than a waste of resources without change.
In the statement, the party said: "a meaningful meeting of the governors is needed at a time the nation is facing prevailing and turbulent crisis in some states such as kidnapping, the Niger Delta, the deregulation controversy, rising poverty, unprecedented level of corruption and failing infrastructural development."
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