PDP GOVERNORS' FORUM

The PDP Governors’ Forum hereby congratulates, Mr Valentine Chineto Ozigbo, for emerging victorious in the just concluded PDP Governorship Primaries in Anambra State. 2. Your victory in such a keenly contested election signposts your victory in the November 6, 2021 general election. It has also demonstrated your ability and capacity to take on other political parties and emerge victorious in the general election. 3. As the choice of the PDP in Anambra State, it is your responsibility to unite the Party, and forge common bonds not only with your former colleagues who aspired to the same seat with you but also with all leaders and stakeholders of PDP in Anambra State. 4. PDP has been out of power in Anambra State for 16 years, and it is the desire of the party faithful in Anambra to win again. It is time therefore to close ranks. 5. The PDP Governors’ Forum will support you in this struggle to reclaim Anambra State where the majority of people seem to incline toward PDP.  ...

  ....UNODC, NDLEA Commend Bayelsa Effort Against Scourge Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, has bemoaned the effect of drug use and abuse on Nigerian youths, saying it was destroying their future. Speaking at the Chief DSP Alamieyeseigha Banquet Hall of the Government House, Yenagoa, during a Stakeholders Mega Sensitisation Campaign on Drug Abuse and Prevention, Governor Diri said the commitment of his administration to eradication of the scourge was premised on its adverse effect on the society. A statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Daniel Alabrah, on Wednesday, quoted the governor as expressing the readiness of his administration to make the state free of drug abuse. He called on all hands to be on deck in the fight against drug abuse, saying the government and relevant agencies alone cannot achieve the desired result.  He further stated that the desire to rid the state of drug abuse and its consequences led to setting up of the Bayelsa State Drug Abuse Pre...

Akwa Ibom State Governor, Mr Udom Emmanuel, Wednesday morning, swore in Justice Ekaette Francesca Fabian Obot as the Acting Chief Judge of the State, taking over from retired Justice Godwin Abraham. At a memorable event held in the state Executive Council chambers, Governor Emmanuel reiterated his stands on gender equality and merit. While commending Justice Ekaette Obot for a good record of effective discharge of her duties, the Governor explained that her selection as acting Chief Judge was strictly on merit. "Let me congratulate the newly sworn in acting Chief Judge, don't ask how the selection process came ,she has served the state so well. "It's a good thing and I don't have any doubt that she will do so well, you know women are really struggling and should be given a chance in the society. " I read during Covid-19 how women who were in charge, handled the pandemic so nicely, I want to believe that the judiciary will fare more efficiently," he said....

The Deputy Governor of Zamfara State, Mahdi Aliyu Gusau has reiterated his commitment to The People's Democratic Party, PDP in a press briefing he stated  "I will continue to stand by our Party and the people who stood by us at our time of need"  Below is the full text of the press briefing PROPOSED PRESS RELEASE FOR EXCELLENCY MAHDI ALIYU GUSAU ON THE OCCASION OF THE GOVERNOR’S DEFECTION TO THE APC  Fellow Citizens  Ladies and Gentlemen of the Press I find it necessary to address you this morning on behalf of myself, my family and indeed members of our great Party, the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) on whose platform, through an act of sheer divine providence, I and my boss, His Excellency Dr Bello Mohammed Matawallen Maradun, were jointly saddled with the onerous responsibility of running the affairs of our State for a 4 year term by the Supreme Court of Nigeria in a hallmark judgement that has been adjudged as one of the most compelling in the history of Nigerian...

The Governor of Adamawa State, Rt. Hon. Ahmadu Fintiri is  meeting with the World Medical Relief team in Detroit, United States of America to access support for the health sector in the state.  The World Medical Relief Incorporated is a multi-funded, non-profit charitable organisation based in Detroit, United States of America.  The organisation has been serving humanity through advancing quality medical donations locally and internationally  since 1953. Governor Fintiri accompanied by the Commissioner for Health, Professor Abdullahi Isa, held discussions on possible areas of support to the state. Fintiri besides upgrading the rundown infrastructure in the General Hospitals across the state is also building new cottage hospitals in communities that have any. The initiative is to seek collaboration and support to enable government provide state of the art medical facilities in all the health centres in accordance with international best practices.  The Press Secr...

Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, says governors and others defecting from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) lack conscience and cannot be trusted. The governor said it is ludicrous and hypocritical of the APC to demonise the PDP and then still turns around to poach members of the same party. Governor Wike, while speaking at the flag off of Woji-Aleto-Alesa-Refinery Road and bridge with spur to the East-West Road at Woji town on Tuesday, asserted that those defecting from PDP after riding on the back of the party to power, have proven that they are treacherous. “People who could not win ordinary election. The party used technicality and went to court and got victory. Now,  they say they are leaving the party. Hopeless, shameless human beings.  People who have no conscience.” Governor Wike accused the APC led government of blackmailing and coercing some PDP governors and members to join the ruling party. He reiterated t...

…says Oyo Govt surpassed UNESCO recommendation for education in 2020, 2021 Budgets Oyo State Governor, ‘Seyi Makinde, has expressed the plans of his administration to replicate the construction of the Federal Government's SMART School Initiative in each of the three senatorial districts of the state. The governor, who stated this while receiving a delegation of the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) in his office, said that his government was set to enhance the quality of teaching, learning and the use of Information Communication Technology (ICT). The team was led to the Governor's Office by the Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Education, Arch. Sonny Echono. Governor Makinde commended UBEC for its support efforts in uplifting the basic education and Better Education Service Delivery for All (BESDA) initiative as well as plans to eliminate out-of-school syndrome in the State.  He said: "I want to welcome this delegation to Oyo State and will like to thank ...

Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, has explained why his administration was focusing on development of skills acquisition through establishment of colleges of science and technical education in every local government area of the state. Senator Diri said there was a real need to change the narrative on unemployment in the state in the light of an increasingly digitalised global economy. The governor stated this at the Local Content Tower in Yenagoa on Tuesday during the grand finale of the Nigerian Content Science and Technology Innovation Challenge (STIC). A press release by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Daniel Alabrah, quoted the governor as noting that the state government had adopted an educational curriculum that has shifted emphasis  from certificate education to science and technology-based skills as no society could develop beyond its level of education. He called for collaboration with the NCDMB and other stakeholders to ensure that science and technology was given...

In another move to boost the cultivation of cash crops in the state, the Akwa Ibom State Government has distributed over 100,000 oil palm seedlings to farmers across the 31 Local Government Areas.  Few days ago, Governor Udom Emmanuel empowered Cocoa farmers across the state with over 700,000 cocoa seedlings, knapsack sprayers, agrochemicals and cash support. The oil palm seedlings were distributed on Tuesday, at Government Nursery Farm, Itak Ikot Udo, in Ikot Ekpene LGA. Governor Udom Emmanuel, whose message was delivered by His Commissioner For Agriculture Dr. Glory Edet said he was poised at ensuring abundance in improved oil palm trees which is a major foreign exchange earner in the country and indeed globally. The Governor has emphasized at various fora his vision that 90 percent of food consumed  in Akwa Ibom State must be cultivated within the state and that Akwa Ibomites must graduate from subsistent farming to large scale agro-business enterprises.  Farmers from ...

Governor Samuel Ortom says Benue State will reject the planned review of the Land Use Act by the Federal Government with vehemence as it is meant to grab land for open grazing, cattle routes and grazing reserves. Governor Ortom spoke yesterday when he received the Assistant Commandant General, ACG Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC Zone H, Haliru Usman at the Benue Peoples House Makurdi. He was reacting to allegations of planned review of the Land Use Act of 1978 to give ownership of land to the Federal Government and the Water Resources Control Bill which seeks to takeover water ways, resources and River Banks by government at the centre. The Governor stated that the attempt to review the Land Use Act by the presidency would not be acceptable by Benue State as it was another attempt to grab land from the people for open grazing, pointing out that continued insistence on open grazing and cattle routes connotes a hiding agenda. He also noted that Livestock Guards cannot be ...