The Governors of the 36 states of the federation will on Tuesday April 4 hold a virtual meeting with the officials of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), and the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) over thorny issues around the utilisation of their security votes.
Spokesman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) , Abdulrazaque Bello-Barkindo disclosed this in a statement on Sunday.
He said officials of the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission (ICPC) and the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) are also to attend the meeting.
According to him, the governors as well as the economic and financial agencies in the country will use the opportunity to iron out thorny issues surrounding their states’ security votes.
Bello – Barkindo said the
meeting is called at the instance of the Nigeria Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU).
He said the aim is towards establishing a better option for managing the security funds.
“Furthermore, the meeting will also consider deepening the management and expansion of the cashless policy which took effect from the time of the redesigning of the national currency, the Nigerian Naira, last year, to further the financial inclusion of all citizens in the ensuing scheme of things, going forward.
“This meeting is called at the instance of the Nigeria Financial Intelligence Unit, NFIU, in its letter of 30th March, which was addressed to the Chairman of the NGF and signed by the NFIU Director, Modibbo Hamman Tukur.
“Apart from the facilities for national financial inclusion, the governors will propose uniform development and co-operation on the national addressing and postcode project, which will put Nigeria on the same pedestal as all advanced countries across the globe.
“Also, on the agenda is a consensus on harmonizing and updating the national tax collection and business entry standards and their requirements to help respond to the FATF and the EU grey listing in which Nigeria appeared.
“All governors are advised to prioritise the meeting as its contents had been discussed at the NGF emergency meeting on Thursday 30th March, where it was unanimously agreed that a meeting with the agencies was imperative. (vitalnewsngr.com)
