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By Emmanuel Adeleke
President Bola Tinubu is currently holding his inaugural meeting with the 36 state governors at the presidential villa, Abuja.
It was gathered that the meeting commenced at around 12:36pm on Wednesday.
The governors of Zamfara, Kano, Taraba, Kogi, Ogun, Nasarawa, Bayelsa, Adamawa, Ebonyi, Lagos, Rivers, Osun, Jigawa, Benue, Delta, Enugu, Rivers, Oyo, Plateau, Kebbi, Abia, Imo, and Bauchi are all present at the meeting.
The deputy governors of Edo and Niger are representing their principals.
The governors of Katsina, Kaduna, Gombe, Borno, Cross River, Akwa Ibom, Anambra, Ekiti, Sokoto and Ondo are conspicuously absent at the meeting.
Vice President Kashim Shettima and Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Senator George Akume are also attending the meeting.