Governors of the nineteen northern states are meeting in Kaduna on Friday (today) to discuss issues that affect the region.
This is the first gathering of the forum since the current governors took office on May 29th, 2023.
The conference will be led by the governor of Gombe State, Inuwa Yahaya, and will be hosted by Governor Uba Sani at the Sir Kashim Ibrahim Government House in Kaduna.
The governors will gather to address security and other socioeconomic issues plaguing the region.
In addition, they will use the occasion to commiserate with the Kaduna State government over the unfortunate military airstrike at Tudun Biri community in Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna State.
Already, the governor of Gombe who is the chairman of the Northern Governors Forum, governor of Katsina State, Dikko Radda, have arrived for the meeting.
Others present are the deputy governors of Jigawa, Bauchi, Kano, Yobe and Kwara states, who are representing their state governors.