As indicated by Punch, the gathering, which held at the Enugu State Government House, had the governors of Enugu (Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi), Ebonyi (Dave Umahi) in participation, while Abia and Anambra were spoken to by the representative governors.
Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha, was truant and was not spoken to by his delegate.
The President General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Chief Nnia Nwodo, exhibited the affiliation's 'layout on rebuilding' to the governors at the gathering, which finished late on Sunday evening.
Tending to columnists after the conference, the Chairman of the South-East Governors Forum, Umahi, revealed that the governors had concurred that farming would not be permitted in the zone.
Umahi clarified that the reports that some South-East states had made land accessible for the foundation of farms, in view of a demand by the Federal Government, were not valid.
The Ebonyi State Governor focused on that while the Federal Government had not requested any land for farms, the governors would not agree to such a demand, should it be made.
"No land in the South-East has been given for farming. We have not given any land; we have not been requested to give and we are not going to give.
"Farming isn't affirmed by the South-East governors in the South-East," Umahi pronounced.
The governors, in a similar vein, censured the ongoing killings in Plateau State, and requested "equity for Plateau individuals."
The governors, be that as it may, raised the alert over what they portrayed as difficulties postured by the development of herders in the South-East.
They consented to meet with heads of government security offices over the advancement.
Perusing from a dispatch embraced at the gathering, Umahi stated, "The South-East Governors Forum sympathizes with the Governor of Plateau State and the general population of the state for the ongoing killings.
"We censure the killings and join different districts to request equity for the Plateau individuals.
"South-East governors have seen expanded difficulties in the development of herders starting with one state and area then onto the next with the resultant impact of huge obliteration of farmlands with orderly conflicts with ranchers.
"South-East governors have been spending colossal subsidizes in settling agriculturists whose ranches and products are demolished – we, accordingly, ask for a crisis meeting in the South-East with government security boss, ranchers and herders to stop the developments and counteract conflicts."
Following the introduction by Ohanaeze, the South-East governors rehashed their interest for rebuilding.
"Ndigbo's Stand on Restructuring of Nigeria was exhibited toward the South-East Governors Forum by the Ohanaeze President, in light of the resolutions emerging from the Awka augmented Igbo meeting.
"He (Ohanaeze President) additionally set out the layout for the governors. The Forum said thanks to Ohanaeze on an occupation well done and repeated its before stand that rebuilding is the main route forward for Nigeria.
"The Forum additionally chose that the governors should investigate the format of rebuilding and will make its last stand obvious by the following gathering of the Forum," the dispatch said.
The governors, at the gathering, watched that the 'debate' between the legislatures of Anambra and Ebonyi states over the ongoing renaming of Abakiliki Street in Awka, Anambra State, was because of 'correspondence hole which is as of now being shut.'
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