 Governors of Nigeria's southern region wants the next president of the country to come from the south. The governors were in Lagos yesterday for their second meeting this year and took that decision, among others. Plus, TV Africa's Justine Tau Buchu was there. Lagos state governor Babaji desan Wulu and his deputy Femi Hamzad welcomed each of the southern governors to their second meeting in as many months. They are here to assess the decision taken during their meeting of May 11, when they announced a ban on open grazing and disclosed their stand on restructuring a state policing. Governors go into closed door talks, which lasts about five hours. At the end, the chairman of the forum and governor of the state Rotimi Akiridolu reads the communique. The forum reiterates its commitment to the politics of equity, fairness and unanimously agreed that the presidency of Nigeria be rotated between southern and northern Nigeria and resolve that the next president of Nigeria will emerge from the south. The southern governor's forum rejects the removal of electronic transmission of election results from the electoral act and rejects the confirmation of exclusive jurisdiction in pre-election matters on the federal high cost. The governors re-emphasize the need for state policing after reviewing the security situation in Nigeria. The forum results that if security institutions will undertake an operation in any state, the state security officer must be fully informed. The issue of open grazing and the petroleum industry view are also mentioned. The forum set the timeline of Wednesday the 4th of September 2021 for the promulgation of the anti-grazing law in all its member states. Eleven of the seventeen southern governors were present for the meeting, four were represented by their deputies while the governors of Anambra and Cross River States were absent. Jessinta Ubuku for PLOS TV Africa.