State Governors meeting under the aegis of the Nigerian Governors' Forum (NGF) have rejected as illegal deductions amounting to N1.079 trillion for nine months in excess of the budgeted sum of N240 billion for oil subsidy for the year.
The governors also directed their state Commissioners for Finance to reject any allocation that is not in accordance with the Appropriation Act, 2011.
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