TheNigeria Governors’ Forum, NGF has advised the National Assembly to hold apublic hearing on the hate speech Bill before it, to ensure that views ofNigerians were captured in the passage of the Bill. Theforum’s Vice Chairman and Governor of Sokoto State, Aminu Tambuwal gave theadvice while fielding questions from newsmen at the end of the forum meeting,in Abuja. Hecalled on the lawmakers to respect the views of Nigerians on the Bill. Alsoon the issue of new minimum wage, Tambuwal said the various states are engaginglabour unions to beat the December deadline for the implementation issued bythe Nigerian Labour Congress, NLC to state governors. He added that beforeDecember, all the States must have finished working out the details on theissue of minimum wage across the federation. Tambuwalalso hinted that the forum received an update on the outcome of its meeting inthe US, with the Aliko Dangote Foundation, and Bill and the Melinda GatesFoundation on Human Capital Development, with focus on Primary Health Care,PHC. He said the governors and the two Foundations expressed commitment to theSeattle Declaration, aimed at promoting collaboration to transform PHC at thesub-national level in Nigeria.