Imo State Governor, Senator Hope Uzodinma has been named new Chairman of the Progressives Governors Forum to replace the immediate past Kebbi State Governor, Abubakar Atiku Bagudu who has finished his tenure as Governor of the North West state and has ceased to be member of the Forum.
Governor Uzodimma was introduced to members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) National Working Committee on Wednesday at a meeting with the party national officers held at the party national secretariat. His Yobe State counterpart, Governor Mai Mala Buni would serve as Vice Chairman of the Forum.
Addressing the APC NWC, Governor Uzodimma said the forum of Governors of the ruling party would be ready to work with the leadership of the party at all times.
He said: “We are very delighted to be with you in this meeting after the last electoral victory of our great party. To also use the opportunity to congratulate you, members of the National Working Committee (NWC) for the wonderful showing you did during the last elections.
“There is no doubt that Progressives Governors Forum has been in place before this time and there is no doubt that we are loyal members of our great party.
“I want to assure you that the APC governors understand very clearly that the government each of us are presiding over belongs to the party and we know both at the federal and sub-national level,the government belongs to APC, it is APC-led government.
Under my watch, we will be very close to the party. The purpose of the forum is to have impetus to the activities of the party and the government. We are only going to act as salesmen that will market the policies and programmes of government.
“Arising from the manifesto promised to the people before the election, I can assure that you had a team and working together with the kind of men I have seen as Progressives Governors members, I think we have gotten all it would take to ensure that policies of our government were fully marketed.
