Tinubu Holds Maiden Meeting With APC Govs

Deji Elumoye in Abuja 

President Bola Tinubu is meeting with members of the Progressive Governors’ Forum (PGF) at the Council Chambers of the State House, Abuja.

The president, in company with Vice-President Kashim Shettima, is meeting with the governors of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) for the first time since his inauguration on May 29.

Governors attending the meeting include Babajide Sanwo-Olu (Lagos), Hope Uzodinma (Imo), Abdullahi Sule (Nasarawa), Umar Namadi (Jigawa), Inuwa Yahaya (Gombe), Yahaya Bello (Kogi), Prof. Babagana Zulum (Borno), and Mai Mala Buni (Yobe).

Others are Uba Sani (Kaduna), Dikko Radda (Katsina), Father Hyacinth Alia (Benue), AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq (Kwara), Dapo Abiodun (Ogun), Umar Bago (Niger), Aliyu Ahmed (Sokoto), Francis Nwifuru (Ebonyi) and Bassey Otu (Cross River).

APC governors absent at the meeting include Oluwarotimi Akeredolu (Ondo), Biodun Oyebanji (Ekiti) and Dr Nasir Idris (Kebbi).

Also at the meeting are the Permanent Secretary of the State House, Tijjani Umar, and former Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Nuhu Ribadu.

The agenda of the meeting, which kicked off at about 11:35am, was unknown as at the time of filing this report.

Details later…