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SECCIMA at investiture seeks S’East Govs joint efforts to develop seaport in zone

Considering the official silence of the Federal Government in delaying the effective takeoff of long-completed Onitsha River Port, the South East Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (SECCIMA) has called on the South East Governors Forum to open their…

S’East Govs trading 2023 with dump of regional security outfit?

Many south easterners are yet to come to terms on what actually transpired and changed the mindset of South East Governors Forum to suddenly after informing citizens of plans to float regional security outfit, dump the process for Federal Government-controlled…

Resolutions of South-East Governors Forum on Fulani Herdsmen, banditry

After the weekend’s meeting of South-East Governors Forum on regional security, the following resolutions were passed to drive safety and security of lives and property in the zone. They agreed that; Enugu airport to open December 2019 after renovation. Joint…

RUGA fallout: S’East Govs ban conveying herds of cattle by foot, except trailers

Hereunder unedited are the resolutions of the South East Governors’ Forum (SEGF) on the vexed issues of the suspended RUGA Programme and implementation of National Livestock Transformation Plan (NLTP) at the meeting held on July 9. 2019. 1. The attention…

Civil societies report PMB to S’East governors, NASS on Igbo suppression

Ahead 2019 presidential election, a high-powered coalition of leading South East civil societies have written an open letter to the South East Governors’ Forum on clear researched issues of annihilation, suppression and marginalization of the region especially on appointments and…

S’East Governors wake from slumber, raise questions for FG on 2nd Niger Bridge

South East Governors’ Forum, in a new report on the performance of 2017 federal budget in the zone has alleged confusion in the way and manner the federal government is handing the endless construction of second Niger Bridge, Onitsha. A…