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May 18, 2019
Governorsof the 19 northern states have agreed to meet with President Muhammadu Buhariover the security challenges in the region.
Thechairman of the forum and Borno State Governor, Kashim Shettima, disclosed thiswhen the governors met in Kaduna state.
Atthe meeting which is the first this year, the governors agreed to set up ajoint financial institution that will galvanize rapid socio-economicdevelopment of the region and enable it attain some degree of financialindependence.
GovernorShettima in his address, said the northern governors will soon meet withPresident Muhammadu Buhari in order to exchange ideas on how best to tackle thevarious security challenges that are ravaging the region.The northern region has faced tremendoussecurity and other socio-economic challenges in the past years which includeBoko Haram insurgency in the northeast, incessant kidnapping and rural armedbanditry in the north west, herders/farmers clashes and communal clashes in thenorth central as well as high poverty and illiteracy level.