Bauchi Gov Emerges New Chairman of PDP Governors’ Forum

Chuks Okocha in Abuja

Governor Bala Mohammed has emerged as the new Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governors’ Forum.
Governor of Adamawa State, Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri, announced this yesterday after a retreat for elected PDP governors held in Bauchi.

Mohammed succeeded the former governor of Sokoto State, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, who is now a senator-elect.
Analysts had expected that the Edo State governor, Godwin Obaseki, would emerge as the chairman of the PDP Governors’ Forum, being the oldest governor in his sixth year in office.

But PDP sources disclosed that what counted against him was that he came from the All Progressives Congress (APC) to complete his second term in office.
Mohammed was a former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) from 2010 to 2015 and later elected governor of Bauchi State in 2019 and re-elected for a second term in 2023.