Governors of the 19 northern states and traditional rulers of the region on Thursday began meeting in Kaduna over security challenges bedeviling the region.
The two-day meeting is also being attended by Senate President Ahmad Lawal, the president’s chief of staff Prof. Ibrahim Gambari and information minister Lai Mohammed.
Others are national security adviser Maj.-Gen. Mohammed Monguno (retd.), Inspector-General of Police Mohammed Adamu and director-general, Department of State Security Yusuf Bichi.
The participants are expected to discuss current security challenges bedevilling the northern region and youth unemployment.
Governors at the meeting holding at Sir Kashim Ibrahim House include those of Plateau, Adamawa, Sokoto, Nasarawa, Jigawa and Katsina.
Niger, Zamfara, Yobe, Benue, Kogi, Kabbi were represented by their deputy governors, among others.
At their last meeting on November 2, 2020, the northern governors had set up two committees to push for statutory roles for traditional rulers and another on youth and civil societies.
The committee on roles of traditional rulers is chaired by the emir of Lafia Justice Sidi Bage (retd.) with two representative from the National Assembly, one from each of the three zones, and a minister as members.
The committee on youth and civil societies has the emir of Zazzau Ahmad Bamalli as chairman, with one representative of elders, youth, women, persons with disability as members from each of the three zones.
The November meeting had also backed efforts to regulate the spread of false news through social media.
