President Buhari in crucial meeting with 36 Governors

President Muhammadu Buhari and governors of the 36 states of the federation are currently in a meeting at the Aso Villa in Abuja.

Top on the agenda of the meeting which began at about 10am Tuesday is the issue of inability of some states to pay workers salaries and the request by some state governors for a bail out from the Federal government.

President Buhari on Monday lamented that the treasury was virtually empty with millions of dollars in loans and call on Nigerians to be patient and understanding with his government.

However due to one reason or the other, the following states aren’t at the meeting according to PUNCH:

Abia

Bauchi

Enugu

Nasarawa

The states in attendance are Rivers, Ogun, Imo, Gombe, Benue, Delta, Niger, Kano, Katsina, Zamfara, Kogi, Borno and Jigawa.

Others were governors of Kebbi, Kwara, Taraba, Ekiti, Ondo, Kaduna, Oyo, Osun, Edo, Anambra, Sokoto, Ebonyi, Lagos, Adamawa, Cross Rivers, Akwa Ibom and Yobe States.

Plateau and Bayelsa States were represented by their deputy governors.