Abuja — Still struggling to effect a
change in the Nigerian polity, 11
governors on the platform of All
Progressives Congress, APC, have
floated a separate forum known as
Progressive Governors' Forum, PGF.
The governors have also set up a
functional secretariat to coordinate
their activities just like the Nigeria
Governors' Forum, NGF and the Peoples
Democratic Party Governors' Forum.
The PGF's secretariat is located on No.
79 Nelson Mandela Street, a stone
throw from both the NGF and the Akwa
Ibom Governor's Lodge, which serves as
the meeting point for the PDP-GF.
Already, the PGF has named Salihu
Mohammed Lukman as its Director
General and given him the mandate to
coordinate the day-to-day
administration of the office.
Vanguard investigation showed that the
PGF, which is still fully involved in the
NGF, wants to chart a new path on good
governance and create a new image for
the progressive states.
Investigation also revealed that while
the running operations of the PGF
would be coordinated by the Asokoro
secretariat, the governors meetings
would be rotated among the eleven
states.
A source close to the NGF confirmed
that despite setting up a distinct entity
for themselves, the progressive
governors would still be very active in
the affairs of the NGF.
"The goal of the PGF is to mobilise all
APC state governments to facilitate
accelerated human capital development
through undertaking policies and
programmes to improve the quality of
life of citizens, eradicate poverty and
create jobs in the country," the
governors stated as their main goal.
One of the objectives of the PGF
according to a document obtained by
Vanguard last night, is to organise all
the APC governors to commit
themselves to specific policy actions in
their states aimed at promoting
democratic programmes of the party in
line with the provisions of its
constitution and manifesto.
No comments :
Post a Comment