ALL 36 governors in Nigeria will meet with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission – EFCC, and the Central Bank of Nigeria – CBN, on Tuesday over the security votes in their respective domains.
A statement by the Nigeria Governors’ Forum, the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission – ICPC, and the Federal Inland Revenue Service – FIRS, are also expected at the meeting.
According to the statement signed by the forum’s spokesman, Abdulrazaque Bello-Barkindo, the meeting, which will be virtual, is to ensure full attendance by all the relevant officers in the matter.
“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,” the statement read.
“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.”
Bello-Barkindo noted that 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, towards establishing a better option for managing the funds.
The governors, he said, will also propose uniform development and cooperation on the national addressing and postcode project, which will put Nigeria on the same pedestal as all advanced countries across the globe.
Apart from that, there will also be a consensus on harmonising and updating the national tax collection and business entry standards and their requirements to help respond to the FATF and the EU greylisting in which Nigeria appeared.
