{"id":168075,"date":"2025-07-02T13:51:49","date_gmt":"2025-07-02T12:51:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/nigerian-speakers-seek-governors-support-on-police-issues"},"modified":"2025-07-02T14:59:29","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T13:59:29","slug":"nigerian-speakers-seek-governors-support-on-police-issues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nigerian-speakers-seek-governors-support-on-police-issues","title":{"rendered":"Nigerian Speakers Seek Governors&#8217; Support on Police Issues"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Chairman of Conference of Speakers of State Legislatures of Nigeria, Adebo Ogundoyin, has appealed to the Nigeria Governors\u2019 Forum to support the actualization of some of the reforms being pushed by the group.<\/p>\n<p>Ogundoyin, who is also the Speaker of Oyo State House of Assembly, appealed to NGF under the leadership of Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrasaq of Kwara State to support the conference in realisation of state police, fiscal federalism and devolution of powers.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking when he paid a courtesy visit to the Kwara governor in Ilorin, the Oyo Speaker noted that the reforms may not be realised without the support of the governors.<\/p>\n<p>He maintained that the visit to the governor was part of the activities to strengthen legislative governance and accelerate constitutional reforms in the country.<\/p>\n<p>Ogundoyin said, \u201cWe need the Governors\u2019 Forum to support key legislative proposals such as devolution of power, fiscal federalism and State Policing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The the Speaker of the Kwara State House of Assembly, Yakubu Danladi-Salihu, was present at the occasion.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The Chairman of Conference of Speakers of State Legislatures of Nigeria, Adebo Ogundoyin, has appealed to the Nigeria Governors\u2019 Forum to support the actualization of some of the reforms being pushed by the group. 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