The Nigeria Governors Forum has resolved to strengthen risk communication pillars of state COVID-19 task teams in line with proposals made as by the Presidential Task Force on the prevention of the spread of the disease.

The Nigerian Governors’ Forum and the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) will on Tuesday, 28th July 2020, sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for partnership on the implementation of the Anchor Borrowers’ Programme (ABP). Governor Kayode Fayemi, Chairman, Nigeria Governors’ Forum, stated this in a communiqué issued at the end of the 13th teleconference meeting of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum held on Wednesday, 22nd July 2020.

The United Nations (UN) and the European Union (EU) on Wednesday applauded the efforts of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum for imposing a state of emergency on Gender-Based Violence (GBV) towards addressing the various indignities that women go through in their own homes and that is now becoming rampant in all nooks and crannies of Nigeria.

Governors of the 36 states of the federation on the platform of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) met on Wednesday to discuss issues affecting the country, including the impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic on Nigerians and the economy.

Members of the Nigeria Governor’s Forum (NGF) have resolved to collaborate with the Ministry of Petroleum Resources to support the implementation of the National Gas Expansion Programme (NGEP) through a state-wide adoption of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG).