Governors of the South East say they will in no distant time, present their joint security programme to the Federal Government.
Meanwhile, they said arrangements that will lead to South East State Houses of Assembly enacting a law to back up the programme is in top gear.
The Governors who met on Sunday under the auspices of the South East Governors Forum (SEGF), assured the people of the region of their security saying the respective state governments have in place adequate security measures for their protection.
Chairman of the Forum and Governor of Ebonyi State, Dave Umahi, disclosed all these while briefing newsmen after the meeting which held in Enugu.
He said that the Forum had on July 28, 2019, formed the South East Joint Security Forum and inaugurated a committee to work out the modalities on Aug. 31, of the same year.
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He said the Forum was briefed by the committee and was satisfied with the progress so far made.
“We took briefing from the committee and are satisfied with all arrangements that will lead to South East State Houses of Assembly enacting a law to back up the programme.
“We have written the Federal Government in this regard and at the appropriate time we shall be inviting them to note the details of the programme,” he noted.
The SEGF chairman further expressed the Forum’s satisfied with the extent and quality of rehabilitation work at the Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu, and the Second Niger Bridge.
He, was however, displeased with the slow pace of work at the Aba-Port Harcourt section of the Enugu-Port Harcourt Express Way even as he commended the commitment of the federal government in upgrading dilapidated infrastructures in the region.
