Governors Kick Against Reintroduced Water Resources Bill By FG

The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) says the reintroduced National Water Resources Bill is against the spirit and letters of the Nigerian Constitution.

The governors made their position known in a communique issued after their meeting on Wednesday.

Chairman of the Forum, Governor Kayode Fayemi, asked for the Bill to be reviewed to accommodate the concerns of all states.

Fayemi said that the forum received presentations from the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr. Mohammad Mahmood Abubakar, on the Livestock Productivity and Resilience Support Project (LPRES) – a 6-year 500 million dollars World Bank programme.

The programme was aimed at improving the productivity, commercialization, and resilience of targeted livestock production systems in Nigeria.

Mr. Fayemi said that the governors unanimously agreed to spearhead the programme in their states.

This, according to him, was particularly in areas such as institutional and innovation systems strengthening, livestock value-chain enhancement, crisis prevention, and conflict mitigation and project coordination.

He added that the Minister of Finance, Budget, and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed presented the draft 2023 – 2025 Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) and Fiscal Strategy Paper (FSP).

Mr. Fayemi said that the presentation was part of the consultative process in the development of the Federal Government’s fiscal policy.