Tambuwal Is New NGF Chairman, Succeeds Fayemi

By Adesina Soyooye

The profile of Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Tambuwal, a Lawyer, is on the rise. It has been since a couple of days ago.

Fresh from being appointed the Director General of the Peoples Democratic Party’s Campaign Council, Tambuwal, on Thursday, became the Chairman of the influential Nigerian Governors’ Forum, NGF.

He succeeds the Governor of Ekiti State, Dr Kayode Fayemi, whose four-year tenure has gradually come to end because his tenure as Governor would end in the next couple of weeks.

Before now, Tambuwal was Fayemi’s Deputy, and would hold the office until May, 2023, when an election will take place, and by which time Tambuwal’s two term tenure as Governor would expire.

Tambuwal is also the Chairman of the PDP’s Governors’ Forum. With his new position as the Chairman of the NGF, it is not known, yet, if he would relinquish his chairmanship of the PDP Governors’ Forum to  another PDP Governor, or if he would keep both.