The Nigeria Governors’ Forum, NGF has advised the National Assembly to hold a public hearing on the hate speech Bill before it, to ensure that views of Nigerians were captured in the passage of the Bill.
The forum’s Vice Chairman and Governor of Sokoto State, Aminu Tambuwal gave the advice while fielding questions from newsmen at the end of the forum meeting, in Abuja.
He called on the lawmakers to respect the views of Nigerians on the Bill.
Also on the issue of new minimum wage, Tambuwal said the various states are engaging labour unions to beat the December deadline for the implementation issued by the Nigerian Labour Congress, NLC to state governors. He added that before December, all the States must have finished working out the details on the issue of minimum wage across the federation.
Tambuwal also hinted that the forum received an update on the outcome of its meeting in the US, with the Aliko Dangote Foundation, and Bill and the Melinda Gates Foundation on Human Capital Development, with focus on Primary Health Care, PHC. He said the governors and the two Foundations expressed commitment to the Seattle Declaration, aimed at promoting collaboration to transform PHC at the sub-national level in Nigeria.
