- Governor Fayose has disagreed with the approval of $1 billion to fight Boko Haram
- Governor Yari however said it was a collective agreement
- Fayose said he has gone to court to challenge it
Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti reportedly disagreed with the chairman of the Nigerian Governors Forum, Governor Abdulaziz Yari, over the approval of $1 billion to fight Boko Haram.
NAIJ.com had reported that the sum of $1 billion was approved by the governors forum in order to fight Boko Haram insurgency in the country.
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The money was approved from the excess crude oil account during a Federal Executive Council meeting headed by vice president, Professor Yemi Osinbajo.
Premium Times reports that during the Nigerian Governors Forum meeting which took place at the old banquet hall of the Presidential Villa on Tuesday, December 19, Governor Fayose claimed governors never discussed the approval of the fund.
Governor Yari however insisted that it was a collective agreement after the governors had discussed it.
The Ekiti governor said he has already “approached a court today to challenge the approval.”
NAIJ.com earlier reported that the federal government on Tuesday, December 19, made a u-turn on its earlier announcement that it needed $1 billion from the Excess Crude Account to push its fight against Boko Haram terrorists.
Premium Times reports that the vice president, Yemi Osinbajo, said the money requested by the federal government is not only for the ongoing counter terrorism war.
Osinbajo speaking at the retreat of secretaries to the government in Abuja said: “It was on account of the security summit that the governors at the Governors’ Forum subsequently decided that they would vote a certain sum of money, which has become somewhat controversial, the $1bn, to assist the security architecture of the country."
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Source: Naija.ng
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Wednesday, 20 December 2017