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South-South demands restructuring, resource control, true federalism

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Ignatius Chukwu,Mercy EnochandFrancis SadhereNov 24, 2020 

R-L: Ifeanyi Okowa, Delta State governor; Nyesom Wike, Rivers State governor; Ibrahim Gambari, chief of staff to the president; Ovie Omo-Agege, deputy Senate president, and Mohammed Adamu Inspector General of Police, during the meeting of South-South leaders with a presidential delegation in Port Harcourt. 

The people and leaders of the oil-producing South-South region of Nigeria, at a consultative meeting with a Federal Government delegation on Tuesday, demanded restructuring of the country, true federalism, together with resource control and state police. Ifeanyi Okowa, Delta State governor and chairman, South-South Governors’ Forum, who presented the position of the governors and leaders…