Governor elected under the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), have frowned at the manner they are being sidelined by President Muhammadu Buhari in his appointment into federal offices.
The governor and their deputies at a meeting held yesterday at the presidential villa which had in attendance president Buhari, his vice, Yemi Osinbajo, political appointees like the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal, and some presidential aides asked that the president allow six of them meet with him to address some issues.
While the meeting which had all the governors and their deputies in attendance was only devoted to encouraging the President on the 21 Chibok girls recently released by Boko Haram, agriculture, the ongoing anti-corruption war and the forthcoming governorship election in Ondo State, the second meeting of the six governors with the president discussed issues of appointment.
The governors expressed their displeasure with the way they were being sidelined while deciding who would benefit from federal appointments in their states.
The source gave the names of the six governors, who attended the meeting with the President and Vice-President as Rochas Okorocha (Imo); Adams Oshiomhole (Edo); Abdulaziz Yari (Zamfara); Simon Lalong (Plateau); Ibikunle Amosun (Ogun) and Nasir el-Rufai (Kaduna).
“They told the President clearly that they wanted to discuss issues of national importance with him and that the six governors would represent them,” the source said.
The Plateau State Governor, Lalong, confirmed this development to State House correspondents at the end of the meeting.
Lalung said the President had asked that state governors, who had complaints to put them in writing while promising to look into them.
“So, all the states that have complaints are going to put them into writing and the President promised that he is going to look into it,” he said.
