Imo state governor, Hope Uzodinma of Imo has emerged the new Chairman of the Progressives Governors Forum (PGF).
He succeeds outgone Kaduna state governor, Nasir El-Rufai.
According according to El-Rufai, the immediate past Chairman of the PGF, Uzodinma emerged the Forum’s new leader at a joint meeting of immediate past, reelected and newly-elected governors held on Wednesday in Abuja.
The PGF is an organization which comprises Governors elected under the All Progressives Congress (APC), which serves as a platform for collaboration, policy development, and sharing of experiences among its members.
El-Rufai said new Kaduna state governor, Uba Sani, emerged as Vice Chairman, while Dr. Abdulkadir Mayere, former Permanent Secretary in the Federal Ministry of Agriculture, was appointed as the Director-General of the PGF.
The tenure of the new leadership, according to El-rufai, takes off immediately.
