Abuja - All Progressives Congress (APC) governors have opened a fully fledged
secretariat to coordinate their activities in the Asokoro area of Abuja Nigeria,
the nation’s capital.
Prior
to the present development, the 11 ‘progressive governors’ used to meet
in their various lodges rotating the venue according to who presides at
a particular time with no permanent secretariat.
But
all that has changed as the association, known as the Progressive
Governors’ Forum (PGF) with Governors Kashim Shettima of Borno, Adams
Oshiomohole of Edo, Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti, Rochas Okorocha of Imo,
Babatunde Raji Fashola of Lagos, Tanko Almakura of Nasarawa, Ibikunle
Amosun of Ogun, Rauf Aregbesola of Osun, Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo, Ibrahim
Gaidam of Yobe and Abdulaziz Abubakar Yari of Zamfara as members, now
have a functional secretariat manned by a Director-General, who will
coordinate the affairs of the Forum in conjunction with other staff.
It
was learnt, however, that the Forum would not have a permanent chairman
as it would operate a temporary system of leadership whereby any of the
governors hosting the meeting would automatically preside as chairman.
It
was further gathered that the secretariat shall have the responsibility
of implementing all decisions of the progressive governors as well as
come up with programs, governance proposals and recommendations for the
APC governors.
The
pioneer DG of the Forum, Salihu M. Lukman, who confirmed the
development, said it was in line with strengthening the Forum that a
functional secretariat was established adding that it will be concerned
with organizing all APC governors to committing themselves to policy
actions in their states that would promote social democratic programs of
the party.
In
addition, Mr. Lukman said the platform would also support the process
of leadership orientation for APC structures at all levels across the
country and initiate actions towards enhancing the growth and
development of the larger Nigeria Governors Forum, NGF.
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