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Governors in southeast agree on joint investment

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    Governors of Nigeria's southeastern states have set up a technical committee to advise them on a joint investment business plan to foster inter-state development in their area, AFP reported.

    It said that in a statement after a meeting on Friday in the Eastern city of Enugu, the governors of Abia, Akwa Ibom, Anambra, Bayelsa, Cross River, Delta, Ebonyi, Edo, Enugu, Imo and Rivers said they would cooperate in key economic sectors such as telecommunications, banking, power generation, agriculture and transport.

    They had already agreed to collaborate in sports and culture. Nigeria has 36 states, 11 of which are in the southeast.

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