Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State has emerged as the acting Chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum, NGF.
In a statement on Thursday by the NGF spokesman, Abdulrazaque Bello-Barkindo, Governor Tambuwal replaced his Ekiti State counterpart, Kayode Fayemi, as the new head of the Forum.
The statement said Tambuwal, who was the NGF Vice Chairman until his new role, took over from Fayemi at the National Economic Council meeting in Aso Rock Villa, Abuja.
According to the statement, the Sokoto governor will be presiding over the Forum until May 2023 when an election will be held. It added that Fayemi will formally hand over the Chairmanship role to Tambuwal on October 16.
