Today, the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF), will turn a new leaf in its leadership and orientation after 24 years of convoluted performance that culminated in fractionalization in 2014.
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The Guardian learned that the highpoint of the valedictory session, which holds at the NGF secretariat in Abuja, would be the election of a new chairman to succeed Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, who took over from Ekiti State governor, Dr. John Kayode Fayemi last year. As acting President, Jonathan, who was preparing to contest the presidential election, withheld support for Amaechi, preferring that a governor from the northern states should be at the helm.
Other previous chairmen of NGF include, Dr. Abdullahi Adamu , Obong Victor Attah, ; Lucky Igbinedion, and Saraki . Umara disclosed that while the ruling party, APC, is expected to throw up one of its governors as chairman, it is taken for granted that the Deputy Chairman of the forum would come from the main opposition PDP to achieve balance.
“The new governors are, however, ineligible to vie for the chairmanship of the forum based on their inexperience in running the affairs of the people,” Prof. Umara stated.
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