Breaking news: South-South Governors Demand Apology From Presidency After Cancelled Meeting

 

 

South-South leaders on Tuesday demanded an unreserved apology from the presidency for abruptly canceling a stakeholders meeting scheduled to hold in Port Harcourt.

According to a statement from the Rivers State Government, the presidency had fixed a meeting for Tuesday with the Governors and other leaders of the region to discuss burning national issues, including the aftermath of the #EndSARS protest.

The federal government delegation was supposed to include all the Ministers from the geopolitical zone.

However, after the meeting was adjusted twice from 11am to 1pm, Chief of Staff to the President, Ibrahim Gambari, put a call through to the Chairman of the South-South Governors Forum, Ifeanyi Okowa and cancelled the meeting.

Okowa said the people of the region have been embarrassed, disgraced and disrespected.