The Nigeria Governors Forum will meet with the
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Tuesday to discuss the security votes in their respective jurisdictions.
Disclosing this in a statement by the Forum’s spokesman, Abdulrazaque Bello-Barkindo, he said the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offenses Commission (ICPC) and the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) will also attend the meeting.
All of the pertinent officers in the matter are expected to attend the virtual meeting as scheduled.
According to Bello-Barkindo, the governors and the nation’s economic and financial institutions will take advantage of the occasion to resolve contentious issues pertaining to their states’ security votes in order to establish a better method of managing the funds.
The statement read, “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.
“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.”
Also, a consensus on harmonizing and updating national standards for business entry and tax collection in order to address the FATF and EU grey listing in which Nigeria appeared, would be discussed.
