Governors of the South-Western region of Nigeria have resolved to put resources together to ensure rapid socio-economic and infrastructural development of states in the region.
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This was one of the agreements reached by governors of states in the region at a meeting in Ado- Ekiti yesterday.
As a way of achieving this and other developmental agenda, the governors also resolved to constitute a 21-member technical committee to appraise the various issues of development in key sectors like agriculture, infrastructure, health, education, transportation among others.
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The committee is expected to consist of three members from each of the participating states. The meeting hosted by the Ekiti State governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, was attended by his counterparts from Ondo State, Dr. Olusegun Mimiko; Oyo State, Senator Abiola Ajimobi; Ogun State, Senator Ibikunle Amosun and Osun State, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola who was represented by his deputy, Mrs. Titilayo Laoye-Tomori.
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Governors Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State and Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State sent apologies for their inability to attend the Ado-Ekiti meeting.
According to a communiqué jointly signed by the governors, the meeting was held against the backdrop of the need to facilitate the process of political, legal, socio-economic development and integration of Western Nigeria.
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The governors resolved to encourage their states to share from the experiences of previous efforts at regional integration as a way forward for the current efforts and evolve a graduated but definitive development programme.