DFID Assures Nigeria Government Of Continuos Support 19.06.2014,
The United Kingdom Department for International
Development (DFID), on Wednesday promised to
do everything possible to support the Nigerian
Government.
DFID Bulding
This was made known in Abuja by Ben Mellor, DFID
Head of Office during a courtesy visit to the Director
General, Nigeria Governor's Forum (NGF), Asishana
Okauru.
He noted that Nigerian governors had the interest of
the country at heart irrespective of the crack within
the forum, revealing that he is encouraged by the
activities of the secretariat and promised to work
with it to ensure the development in Nigerian states.
Mellor, who assured that he would not be
discouraged by the country's huge challenges lauded
the great opportunities therein. He revealed that his
visit was aimed at accessing the forum's secretariat
in order to know its future plans and how the DFID
could help.
He said he was elated to see that the forum's
secretariat had remained non partisan and had
continued to work on improving governance in the
country in the face of challenges, noting that it was a
step in the right direction and wished the Nigerian
government and the people the best in the 2015
general elections.
Responding to the development partners, Okauru
expressed optimism that the crisis within the forum
would soon be resolved.
"As soon as they get a few things resolved, we
should be back fully on stream" he said, adding that
certain concrete agreement was presently being
reached by the governors to ensure that the forum
became one in the interest of the people and the
nation.
He said that in spite of the seeming crack within the
forum, the secretariat was focused on its
responsibility of servicing the elected 36 governors
of the federation, pointing out that the secretariat
being a policy hub; was structured to service the
governors irrespective of their parties, and had
maintained contact with the governors in spite of the
situation.
"There are challenges but those challenges are not
peculiar to the forum, they are actually about the
country" Okauru said. "It is all about politics and our
political calendar. We have never had the kind of
dynamics we are experiencing now, where you have
two major political parties that are almost at the
same level".
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