Olalekan Adetayo and Leke Baiyewu
The Presidency has advised state governors and others opposed to the bill on water resources, sent to the Senate by President Muhammadu Buhari, to express their opposition to the bill through the National Assembly.
The bill, seeking to concentrate the control of water resources in the hands of the Federal Government, had, on May 24, divided senators along regional lines.
Ekiti, Rivers and Cross River states have also rejected the bill, while the South-South Governors’ Forum, led by Seriake Dickson, asked the President to immediately withdraw it.
The PUNCH had, on Wednesday, reported that the Ekiti State Governor, Mr. Ayodele Fayose; his Rivers State counterpart, Mr. Nyesom Wike; and Prof. Ben Ayade of Cross River State, were opposed to the bill.
But the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, in an interview…
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