Akume commends North Central governors forum for solidarity visit

Thu, Jun 8, 2023

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Politics

THE secretary to the government of the federation, SGF, Senator George Akume, has commended the North Central Governors’ Forum for the solidarity visit they paid to him following his swearing-in ceremony by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.

The SGF made the commendation while receiving in audience the governors from North Central Governors Forum in his office.

Having thanked the North Central Governors Forum for the courtesy call, the SGF stated that the solidarity visit would serve as an encouragement to achieve greater strides for the nation. In his words:

“I thank my fellow brothers from the North Central Zone, who in their wisdom decided to pay this courtesy call on one of their own, I am very delighted. When you see people very close to you coming around you, then you know that sky is the limit”.

Earlier, the chairman of the North Central Governors’ Forum and the governor of Nasarawa State, Abdullahi Sule, congratulated the secretary to the government of the federation on his appointment by the president.

He added that the governors from the North Central pledged to give the SGF the needed support to succeed in his new assignment.

The entourage included the Plateau State Governor, Caleb Mutfwang, Benue State Governor, Rev. Fr. Hyacinth Alia, Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, Governor of Kwara State, Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq, led by its Chairman, Governor of Nasarawa State, Abdullahi Sule as well as the deputy governor of Niger State, Yakubu Garba.