BEVERLY HILLS, October 31, (THEWILL) – President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday met with four governors from the South-South geo-political zone at the Presidential Villa in Abuja.
The governors, who met with Buhari are Nyesom Wike of Rivers, Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa, Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta and Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom.
The meeting, which was held behind closed doors, might have discussed the Supreme Court verdict on the oil-bearing states of the Niger Delta on Oct. 24.
Rivers, Bayelsa and Akwa Ibom states had approached the Supreme Court for the interpretation of Section 16(1) of the Deep Offshore and Inland Basin Production Sharing Contract Act in suit number SC964/2016 filed on their behalf by their lead Counsel, Mr Lucius Nwosu.
The section mandated the Federal Government to adjust the shares of the revenue accruable to the federation whenever the price of crude oil exceeded $20 per barrel.
Although the governors did not give details of what they discussed with the President, Dickson who spoke to journalists noted that they discussed issues of interest to their respective states and the country at large.
“My colleagues and I came to have audience with the president to discuss issues pertinent to our country and pertinent to our respective states.”
The Bayelsa governor also said they had “a robust and fruitful discussion with the president and he promised to look into it in any way possible.”
When pressed for details of what was discussed, Mr Dickson simply said “we don’t want to go into those details.”
