Governors of Nigeria’s 19 northern states and traditional rulers of the region are meeting in Kaduna over security challenges bedevilling the region.

The two-day meeting, which began on Thursday, is also being attended by Senate President Ahmad Lawan, Chief of Staff to the President, Prof. Ibrahim Gambari, and Information Minister Lai Mohammed.

Others are National Security Adviser, Maj.-Gen. Mohammed Monguno, Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Ibrahim and Director General, State Security Service, Yusuf Bichi.

The participants will discuss current security challenges bedevilling the region and youth unemployment.

Governors at the meeting, holding at Sir Kashim Ibrahim House, include those of Plateau, Adamawa, Sokoto, Nasarawa, Jigawa, and Katsina.

The deputy governors, among others, represented Niger, Zamfara, Yobe, Benue, Kogi, and Kebbi.

At their last meeting on November 2, 2020, the governors had set up two committees to push for statutory roles for traditional rulers and another on youth and civil societies.

The committee on roles of traditional rulers is chaired by the Emir of Lafia, Justice Sidi Bage, with two representatives from the National Assembly, one from each of the three zones, and a minister as members.

The Committee on Youth and Civil Societies has the

Emir of Zazzau, Ahmad Bamalli as chairman, with one representative of elders, youth, women, persons with disability as members from each of the three zones.

The November meeting had also backed efforts to regulate the spread of fake news through social media.

(NAN)