Thirteen governors of the North are in the United States searching for help against the Boko Haram insurgency.
They
met
yesterday for eight hours at the United States Peace Institute and the
State Department in Washington DC. with U.S. government officials and
representatives of Norway and Denmark.
Details
of the first round of the closed-door meeting, which was sponsored by
the U.S. government in collaboration with the governments of Norway and
Denmark, could not be obtained last night.
The
Peace Institute said the biggest issue discussed was how Nigeria could
overcome the Boko Haram insurgency, especially through education and
economic investments.
Other
issues discussed included re-invigorating the U.S. attention on the
north, economic investment opportunities in the region, security and
challenges of private
investments in the region.
The governors were reportedly given time to dialogue among themselves on the way out of Boko Haram.
Among
the governors in attendance were Babangida Aliyu (Niger), Kashim
Shetttima (Borno) and Murtala Nyako (Adamawa) (Aliyu Wamakko (Sokoto),
Abdulfatah Ahmed (Kwara), Saidu Dakingari (Kebbi), Isa Yuguda (Bauchi)
and Rabiu Kwankwaso (Kano).
The Nation.
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