President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday met behind closed doors with members of the Northern Governors’ Forum at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
Speaking to State House correspondents at the end of the meeting, Governor Aminu Masari, said that the governors were in the villa to seek presidential intervention in addressing the menace of Boko Haram in the Northeast, banditry and kidnapping in the Northwest and the Northcentral regions.
He added that the governors briefed the president on their concerns about intractable security challenges in their respective states.
He said the governors offered suggestions on how to tackle the problems, and that Buhari gave his word and commitment that something will be done by the Federal Government to assist the States check them.
Masari, however, declined to give the specific suggestions the governors offered as well as what the President pledged to do, saying that the details are not for public consumption yet.
