Nigeria, April 20 -- The Nigeria Governors' Forum (NGF) has engaged Femi Falana, to challenge the judgments awarding some "consultants and contractors" humongous shares of the Paris and London Club refunds received from the Federal Government by the various states and their local governments.

Mr Falana, in a letter dated April 19, 2021, written to the Minster of Finance, Zainab Ahmed, on behalf of the NGF, requested that the plan to issue promissory notes to the purported creditors, in deference to the legal steps being taken to appeal against the judgments.

The Senior Advocate of Nigeria's letter is sequel to an earlier correspondence dated April 8 sent to the finance minister by a law firm, Ikechukwu Ezechukwu, SAN & Co, on behalf of ...