PDP GOVERNORS' FORUM

By Admin The governor of Sokoto State governor, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal has emerged the chairman of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Governors Forum replacing governor, Seriake Dickson whose tenure will expire by February 3, 2020. It was a unanimous decision as all the governors in attendance at the party’s 88th National Executive Council (NEC) held today Monday January 27, 2020 at the PDP National Secretariat, Wadata Plaza, Abuja, resolved and appointed him as their chairman.

... New Chairman May Emerge On Sunday BY Admin As the battle for who emerges the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governors Forum Chairman rages, it was learnt that the Rivers State government is lobbying for the emergence of Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Tambuwal. The new Chairman of the PDP Governors Forum, who will take over from the outgoing governor of Bayelsa State, Seriake Dickson, is likely to emerge on Sunday before the PDP National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting scheduled for Monday. While it was gathered that the Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike is lobbying for Tambuwal, it was also gathered that some governors are backing Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom as the rightful person for the position. Those backing Ortom said that the Benue State Governor has a strong character that cannot be easily manipulated, noting his position against the invasion of herdsmen in his state. Recall that after the tenure of former governor of Akwa Ibom State, Godswill Akpabio...

By Admin The PDP Governors Forum has congratulated four of its members over the landslide victory recorded on the various post-election petition cases at the   country's Supreme Court. In a press statement released on Tuedday and signed by the DG of the Forum, Earl Osaro Onaiwu, the forum stated that apex court has  by its judgments affirmed the wishes of the people who not only voted but defended their votes and the mandates they granted the governors during the gubernatorial election of March 2019. The statement added that the governors should see this as a prompting to do more in delivering democratic dividends to the people who have not only put their hopes on them but have given them their wholehearted trust and undiluted loyalty even in the face of provocation and intimidation from the powers that be. The statement stated that the apex court verdicts did not come as a surprise because of the massive support the quartet  received from the people and res...

By Admin Zamfara Government has earmarked N7 billion for total renovation of its science schools and training of science teachers in 2020. The State Commissioner for Science and Technology, Alhaji Bilyaminu Shinkafi told newsmen on Thursday in Gusau that the fund would be used for total renovation and expansion of science and technical schools across the state. The Commissioner who spoke after defending his ministry’s budget at the state House of Assembly, said the government was determined to transform science and technology in the state. “In the 2020 budget, we propose to carry out various programmes to enhance science and technology development in the state. “We are going to give priority to training and retraining of our staff, especially teachers in science and technical secondary schools,’’ he said. Meanwhile, the state government has set aside N2 billion for the payment of compensation to those whose land was acquired for various projects. The Special Adviser to...

By Admin Implementation of the minimum wage will commence this month in Sokoto State, Governor Aminu Tambuwal has disclosed. Tambuwal revealed this at the presentation of the report by the committee on the implementation of the new minimum wage and consequential adjustments. He put the new Wage Bill of the state at above N324 million as against the sum of N340 million requested for by labour union in the state. A meeting of the state executive council had been scheduled for Monday to consider the report, he said. Tambuwal recalled that the state government had discovered a disparity in the salary data of the state civil service commission, the Ministry of Finance and the office of the Head of Service, thus took measures to harmonise all the data. He said the State Government had to conduct a wide scale verification exercise to weed out ghost workers, child workers and bogus employment offer syndicates. The Governor said the issuance of payslips to workers, was also introduc...

By Pat PA Okon Bauchi State  Governor  Senator Bala Abdulkadir Mohammed  has discovered skills acquisition materials abandoned since the administration of the first civilian governor of the state Alhaji AbubakarTatari Ali, 38 years ago. Late Tatari ruled the state between 1979  and 1983 after which nine military and three civilian governors ruled the state before the coming of the present administration. The Commissioner, Ministry  of Poverty Alleviation Alhaji Usman  Mohammed Saleh disclosed  this while speaking with newsmen yesterday in Bauchi. Usman said the equipment, if put into use, would create job opportunities to hundreds of unemployed youths. He said the equipment were found to be in good condition and government intended to build a skill acquisition center in each of the emirates  to put them into use. He said government has earmarked N1 billion in the 2020 budget to address the problem  of unemployment, especially among...

By Tony Okechukwu Senator  (Dr.) Ifeanyi Okowa has called on Deltans to be more united following the re-affirmation of his victory at the polls by the Supreme Court which declared him as the duly elected Governor of Delta State. The governor made the call on Wednesday evening at a thanksgiving service held at the Government House Chaplaincy, Asaba to celebrate the Supreme Court verdict. "I want to thank Deltans for all your prayers and support and as we move forward, it is time to work for the good of the state; I cannot do it alone; as a government we require the cooperation of all; it is time for us to partner together; it is time to forget the bitterness. "I will use this opportunity to call on my opponent, Chief Great Ogboru  for him to realize that it is time  for him to work together with the state government to build our state; I believe that truly everyone can make his contributions and impact  whether he is in office or not as it is truly time for...

By Tony Okechukwu Delta State Governor, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa, on Thursday, launched a new round of An­ti-Retroviral Treatment (ART) Surges as the state with 23,290 people living with the disease was listed among South-South states like Akwa-Ibom, Rivers, Edo and Cross-River with high of HIV epidemic prevalence. ART under the U.S. Pres­ident’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) was launched with N100 million to bring HIV epidemic under control. At the launch of the state’s ART Surge Response in Asa­ba, the Governor told the U.S Deputy Chief of Mission, Kathleen Fitzgibbon that a law would be enacted in the state to fight the scourge. The Governor who was dis­pleased said the equity plan of the state government through the Contributory Health Insur­ance Scheme and Free Mater­nal Healthcare Services were geared at reducing incident cases in infants and adults. He said, “I am taking up the fight against HIV/AIDS as one of the key cardinal objectives of my administra­tio...

- Assures members of unflinching support and loyalty By Admin The PDP Governors Forum has congratulated Governors Ifeanyi Okowa, Darius Ishaku and Okezie Ikpeazu of Delta, Taraba and Abia States respectively over the validation of their election victories by the Supreme Courts. In a statement on Wednesday, the Forum, said the news of the apex court verdicts did not come as a surprise because of the massive support the trio received from the people and residents of Delta, Taraba and Abia States as the case may be during the March 9th, 2019 Governorship Election. The Forum said the affirmation of the mandates clears the path for the governors to settle down in the enormous tasks of taking their states to greater heights without any further distractions. It described the victories as a testimony to the transparent, credible, democratic, free and fair election process that produced them and the other PDP Governors. The statement which was signed by the DG of the Forum, Ear...

By Admin Imo State Government has accused suspended local government chairmen of plans to destabilise the state. A statement signed by the Secretary to the Government of Imo State, Uche Onyeagucha, said the attention of the state authority was drawn to a plot by some disgruntled and unpopular elements, purportedly by suspended Local Government Council Officers and agents of the immediate past administration to disturb the peace and tranquillity currently being enjoyed by the good people of Imo State.  The statement alerted the “good people of Imo State about the plans of these unscrupulous elements to instigate violence and challenge Government’s authority.” It added that “Any individual no matter how highly placed found to be sponsoring this criminal plot will be dealt with. No one is above the Law. “These individuals are hereby warned to desist from their nefarious plans as government will otherwise descend the full weight of the law on them. “The present Local Government Co...

By Admin The people of Uwani-Umuoka Autonomous Community in Udi Local Government Area of Enugu State, on Sunday, celebrated Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi for resolving an age-long leadership dispute between them and their old community, Umuoka.   The visibly elated people of the community who came out in their numbers to receive Gov. Ugwuanyi stated that the governor's swift intervention in resolving the eleven-year long Igweship dispute in Umuoka town by approving their request for the creation of Uwani-Umuoka Autonomous Community saved lives and destruction of property in the communities. It would be recalled that Gov. Ugwuanyi recently resolved a similar age-long communal dispute between Oruku and Umuode communities in Nkanu East Local Government Area of the state and finally restored peace in the two communities.   Disclosing that successive governments could not resolve the dispute between them and Umuoka town, the jubilant people of Uwani-Umuoka community noted ...

A political pressure group, Democracy Advocacy Network, has in very strong terms condemned the Thursday morning demolition of the Ilorin, Kwara State ‘Political Home’ of the Sarakis, describing the development as not only a direct attack on democracy, but a provocative assault on the sensibility, integrity and an affront on the fundamental rights and constitutional freedom of the Saraki Dynasty, the people of Kwara State and Nigerians in general. In a press statement issued from its National Secretariat on Thursday, the National President of the group, Alhaji Suleiman Hassan on behalf of the group said: “There is anger in the land following this morning’s demolition of the Ilorin Ancestral Political Home of the Saraki Family by the Governor Abdulrazaq-led-Kwara State Government. “The dastard act carried out at the wee hours of Thursday amidst tight security is a clear instance of the ruling government’s intolerance for the opposition component of our democracy as characteri...