Nigerian governors will on Tuesday April 4, 2023, meet with all the Economic and financial Agencies in the country, to discuss issues surrounding the State Security vote.
The Nigerian Governor’s Forum NGF in a statement signed by the Director of Media and Public Affairs Secretariat, Abdulrazaq Bello-Barkindo, in Abuja the nation’s capital, disclosed that the meeting will be virtual, to ensure full attendance by all the relevant officers in the matter.
According to Bello-Barkindo, those invited to the meeting include the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, the independent corrupt practices and other related ooffencescommission ICPC, the Federal Inland Revenue Service, FIRS, the Central Bank of Nigeria CBN.
He added that the governors will also consider deepening the management and expansion of the cashless policy which took effect in 2022.
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.
The letter said that apart from the facilities for national financial inclusion, it is also putting on the table the 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.
Also on the agenda is a consensus on harmonizing 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.
All Governors are advised to prioritize the meeting as its contents had been discussed at the NGF emergency meeting on Thursday 30th March, where it was unanimously agreed that a meeting with the aforementioned agencies was imperative.
