Boko Haram: 13 Northern governors seek help in Washington

Date: 2014-03-19

Thirteen governors of the North are in the United States searching for help against the Boko Haram insurgency.

They met yesterday for eight hours at the United States Peace Institute and the State Department in Washington DC. with U.S. government officials and representatives of Norway and Denmark.

Details of the first round of the closed-door meeting, which was sponsored by the U.S. government in collaboration with the governments of Norway and Denmark, could not be obtained last night.

The meetings are expected to continue till tomorrow.

The Peace Institute said the biggest issue discussed was how Nigeria could overcome the Boko Haram insurgency, especially through education and economic investments.

Other issues discussed included re-invigorating the U.S. attention on the north, economic investment opportunities in the region, security and challenges of private investments in the region.

The governors were reportedly given time to dialogue among themselves on the way out of Boko Haram.

Among the governors in attendance were Abdulfatah Ahmed (Kwara), Babangida Aliyu (Niger), Kashim Shetttima (Borno) and Murtala Nyako (Adamawa), (Aliyu Wamakko (Sokoto), Saidu Dakingari (Kebbi), Isa Yuguda (Bauchi) and Rabiu Kwankwaso (Kano).

Source

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Erubu Oba Zubair     Ilorin West/Asa Federal Constituency     Tayo Alao     IDPU     Bond     Undergraduate Bursary     Ilofa     Amusement Park     Ganmo     Rafiu Ibrahim     Ndama Al-hassan     Ogbondoroko     TVC Female National Debate     Muhammad Akande Olarewaju Odunade     Tinubu Legacy Forum     Radio SBS     Funmilayo Braithwaite     Razaq Atunwa     Oyin-Zubair     Maimunat Oniyangi     Voices Of Tomorrow     Alabi Lawal     Asa LGEA School     Ilorin Innovation Hub     Ilorin West     Rasaq Jimoh     AIT Ilorin     Kishira     JMK Construction Company Limited     Halimah Perogi     General Hospital     Atunwa     Kwara North     Chemiroy Nigeria Limited     Ilorin South Constituency     Hussein Olokooba     Shuaib Jawondo     NYSC     Shehu Jimoh     Rotimi Oyedepo     Binta Sulyman     Mohammed Danjuma     Ajase-Ipo     NULGE     Kwara-SAPZ Project     Segun Olawoyin     Muyiwa Oladipo Kanu     Katibi Ibraheem Adeola     Abdulrazaq Solihudeen     Bilikisu Oniyangi     High Court     Saadu Alanamu     Yahaya Abdulkareem Babaita     Agbarere     Adebara     Muritala Olarewaju     Jalala     Toyin Sanusi     Al-Ilory     Aliyu Kora Sabi     Computer Based Test     Baba Isale     Just Event Online     Arinola Lawal     Boko Haram     Olateju Lukman     KWSUED     Kudirat Arinola Lawal     Zulu Gambari     Sabo-Oke     Baba Adini Of Kwara State     Abdulazeez Arowona     Kayode Laro     Saad Omo Iya     Kayode Zubair     Ahmad Fatima Bisola     College Of Education    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Ramadhan     Logun     Khadijat Ayoola Yusuf     Federal Allocation     Ilesha-Baruba     Clara Nwachukwu     Academic Staff Union Of Universities     Salihu Jibril Garbi     Toyin Falola     Alfa Yahaya Road     Suleman Abubakar     Abdulmajeed Abdullahi     Lanre Badmus     Oloye     Allocation     Mike Omotosho     Ilorin West     Doyin Group     Kisira     Mahmud Ajeigbe     Ishak Mohammed Sabi     Bashir Omolaja Bolarinwa     Kwara Primary Health Care Development Agency     Yusuf Abdulkadir     Talaka Parapo     Agor Market     Joseph Yemi Ajayi     Adekunle David Dunmade     Borgu     Raymond Olaitan     Seni Saraki     Suraj Tunji Oyewale     Oke-opin     Suleiman Abubakar     Kale Bayero     Balogun-Ojomu     Labaeka     Toyin Olayinka Tejidini     Afolayan     Third Estate     Umar Danladi Shero     Makama     Hydroelectric Power Producing Areas Development Commission     Earlyon Technologies     Kayode Ogunlowo     Garba Dogo     Yusuf Lanre Badmus     LEAH Charity Foundation     Galadima     Wahab Agbaje     Abdulrasheed Na\'Allah     Kola Bukoye     Dairo Kunle Paul     CLAY POT     Abatemi Usman     JSSCE     Moshood Mustapha     Raheem Adaramaja     Maigida Soludero Transit     Sa\'ad Alanamu     Oye Tinuoye     Gbenga Adebayo     Aminu Ado Bayero     Noah Yusuf     Olumide Daniel Ibitoye     Abiodun Musa Aibinu     Saad Belgore     Taofik Abiodun Ahmed     Niguel Gallando Marcias     Gobirawa     Okanlawon Taiwo     Magaji Nda     Oba-Solagberu     The Herald     Abdulmajeed Wahab     Kannike     Isaac Aderemi Kolawole