Nigerian President, Umaru Musa Yar’Adua has said that with the focus of national and global attention now on the Niger Delta, governors of states in the region must commit themselves, more than ever before, to judiciously applying the resources entrusted to them for the benefit of their people.

Addressing governors of states in the region at a meeting in the presidential Villa, Abuja on August 7, President Yar’Adua urged them to make improving the living conditions of their people their topmost priority at all times.

A Statement by the Presidential Adviser o Communications, Mr. Olusegun Adeniyi said that the President further urged the governors to make transparency and accountability an intrinsic part of their Administrations.

“The problem we have in many states today is that of transparency and accountability. Nigerians are yearning for leaders who will be more accountable and live by examples rather than precepts,” he noted.

Reiterating his concern about persisting insecurity in the Niger Delta, President Yar’Adua asked the governors to give more urgent attention to the restoration of peace, law and order to the region.

The meeting was attended by the governors of Edo, Cross River, Rivers, Delta and Akwa Ibom as well as federal ministers from the Niger Delta.