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governor, Senator Seriake Dickson, former Governor Babangida Aliyu of Niger State, Acting chairman of the Board of Trustees (BoT) Senator Adolphus Wabara and a former Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki.
Former Governors Ayo Fayose (Ekiti), Olusegun Mimiko (Ondo), Ibrahim Dankwabo (Gombe), who chaired the PDP Governors Forum in the past and who were listed to be honoured, did not attend the event.
A former Director-General of the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Dr Muda Yusuf, who delivered a keynote address, urged governors to do more of peer review across party lines.
Yusuf warned the governors against over dependence on federal allocation, saying that the trend has weakened initiatives and engendered lack of fiscal resilience in many states.
He urged the states to embrace the Treasury Single Account, noting that some states have already keyed into the system.
Yusuf enjoined the governors to also key into biometric registration of workers and pensions to block revenue leakages.
– The Nation
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