Governors from the South South region on Tuesday organized a surprise birthday party in honour of the Chief of Staff to the President, Amb. Ibrahim Gambari, at the Rivers Government House, in Port Harcourt.
This was as the Governors hosted a presidential meeting of the South South with the Chief of Staff and other high profile dignitaries in attendance, in Rivers State, as earlier reported by Igbere TV.
The meeting with the South-South governors and stakeholders of the Niger Delta region is coming after the initial meeting was called-off last week due to the absence of the federal government’s representatives.
At the Presidential meeting on Tuesday where some decisions were reached, were Governors Ifeanyi Okowa (Delta), Godwin Obaseki (Edo), Douye Diri (Bayelsa), Ben Ayade (Cross River), Emmanuel Udom (Akwa Ibom) and Nyesom Wike (Rivers).
In attendance were: Godswill Akpabio, Minister of Niger Delta; Timipre Sylva, Minister of State for Petroleum; Goddy Jedy Agba, Minister of State for Power; Festus Keyamo, Minister of State for Niger Delta; Osagie Ehanire, Minister of Health, and the Minister of Information, Lai Mohammad.
Others include: The Director General (DG) of Department of State Services (DSS), Yusuf Magaji Bichi and the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Mohammed Abubakar Adamu, among other dignitaries.
