Governors elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), under the auspices of Progressive Governors Forum, yesterday vowed to tackle unemployment head-on in order to ensure lasting peace in their states and the country as a whole.

Chairman of the Progressives Governors' Forum (PGF) and Imo State government, Rochas Okorocha, made the disclosure after exhaustive deliberations at the Adamawa State Government House, Yola.

He noted that to achieve the objective, a committee to be superintended by the Governor of Kebbi State, has been formed to fashion out modalities and operational strategies.

He noted that the provision of employment will solve the raving poverty in the country an lead to a lasting peace in the country.

The meeting was attended by governors of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha; Adamawa State, Muhammadu Bindow Jibrilla; Zamfara, Abdulaziz Yari Abubakar; Kebbi , Abubakar Atiku Bagudu; Niger, Abubakar Sani Bello; Jigawa, Abubakar Badaru and Sokoto, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, while others including governors of Kaduna, Edo, Oyo, Ogun, Plateau, Benue, Bauchi, , Kwara, Nasarawa and Kano, were represented by their deputies.

Okorocha further noted that tackling poverty was a challenge that the APC was concerned about.

The forum also commended Governor Muhammadu Bindow Jibrilla for his record of achievements within the three months as the chief executive of Adamawa State.

Okorocha stated that the forum had resolved to be meeting in their respective states to enable the governors see for themselves what they are doing in their various states and to fashion out modalities of how to strengthen developmental strides in their states.

According to him, the forum is poised to employ peer review mechanism, where the state governors would compare notes of achievements.

While noting the impact being made by President Muhammadu Buhari in rejuvenating Nigeria's comatose economy, the forum pledged total support and commitment to the leadership of the president, noting that his leadership had reawakened the confidence of Nigerians in governance, and had stabilized the country within the last 90 days of its existence.

The forum also threw its weight behind the party in the upcoming polls.

"We also stated the APC governors' forum will work with the party, the APC, to strengthen the party and also make sure it becomes victorious in all elections coming up very soon," he said.

The governors also observed a minute’s silence in honour of the late deputy governor of Borno State who died recently during an official assignment.

Okorocha also disclosed that APC had revived the lost glory of governance caused the 16 years of PDP misrule in the country.

The governor, who advocated a robust working relationship between the executive and legislative arm of government in the state, noted that the frosty relationship witnessed hitherto had caused the state so much as it saw the change of guards between seven governors in seven years.

"This time, we hope for a better relationship between the governor and the state lawmakers," he noted.

In an address at the palace of Lamido of Adamawa during their courtesy call on the royal father, chairman of Nigerian Governors' Forum, Zamfara, Abdul'Aziz Yari, re-echoed the commitment of the progressive governors in restoring the lost glory of governance.

In his remarks, Lamido of Adamawa observed the rapid progress witnessed in the power sector since the coming of the APC administration, noting that it is an indication of a purposeful leadership.

He noted that with the tempo, very soon, the economy will receive a boost as the success in the power sector had the tendency of triggering a concomitant massive economic reconstruction in the nation.