NGF Calls for Holistic Approach to Address Aviation sector.

 

This is contained in a communiqué issued at the end of the forum`s meeting in Abuja on Thursday.

The communiqué, which was read by the forum`s Chairman, Gov. Chibuike Amaechi of Rivers, also resolved to engage stakeholders at the national level to address the challenges in the sector.

``Upon comprehensive discussion on the present state of the aviation industry, members of the forum observed that there is need for a holistic approach to arrest the dwindling state of the aviation sector,’’ it stated.

The forum expressed concern over the aircraft accident involving Gov. Danbaba Suntai of Taraba and some of his aids on Oct. 25 and prayed for their speedy recovery.

Suntai, who piloted the aircraft, had been flown to Germany for treatment.

The forum also expressed regrets over the recent acts of violence in Borno and Kaduna States and mandated its Security Committee to find a lasting solution to the menace. 

Reports say that the forum had at its meeting on Oct. 18, mandated committee to organise a security conference.

Members of the committee included, governors of Benue, Edo, Kaduna, Ekiti, Borno and Abia.

The forum commended ongoing efforts by members of the forum to eradicate polio in their states.

It expressed its commitment to pursue integrated interventions to eradicate the polio scourge from the country by December 2013, instead of the initial 2015 deadline.

The forum congratulated Gov. Olusegun Mimiko of Ondo State, over his victory at the just concluded state governorship election.

Governors of Rivers, Cross River, Ekiti, Ondo, Anambra, Kogi, Gombe, Adamawa, Kebbi, Taraba, Enugu, Jigawa, Delta, Edo, Abia, Ogun, Lagos and Imo, attended the meeting.

Others included those of Sokoto, Kano, Kaduna, Bauchi, Plateau, Niger, Anambra, Borno, Akwa-Ibom, Ebonyi, Nasarawa and Benue.

The NGF is an umbrella association of the 36 elected governors of the federation irrespective of party affiliation