Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State has emerged as the Chairman of the Nigerian Governors’ Forum, NGF.
He is taking over from Governor Kayode Fayemi whose tenure as governor expires next month.
Fayemi will formally hand over power to Tambuwal on October 16th, 2022, the forum said.
This was disclosed in a statement on Thursday by the NGF spokesman Abdulrazaque Bello-Barkindo.
The statement said, “The Chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum and Governor of Ekiti State Dr. John Kayode Fayemi, today at the National Economic Council (NEC) meeting, held at the Aso Rock Villa Abuja transferred power of the NGF to the Governor of Sokoto State, Rt Hon Aminu Waziri Tambuwal,”
“The Sokoto State Governor will be holding the fort until May next year when a proper election is conducted among the governors,” Abdulrazaque added.
Until his recent position, the Sokoto governor was the Vice Chairman of the Forum. He served in that capacity for four years.
The Chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum and Governor of Ekiti State Dr. John Kayode Fayemi, today at the National Economic Council (NEC) meeting, held at the Aso Rock Villa Abuja transferred power of the NGF to the Governor of Sokoto State, Rt Hon Aminu Waziri Tambuwal.
Tambuwal has served meritoriously and harmoniously as Vice Chairman of the Forum under Dr Fayemi in the last four years.
