President Tinubu Receives Class Of 1999 Governors At The State House (Video)

On Friday, President Bola Tinubu welcomed members of the 1999 class of governors to the Presidential Villa in Abuja.

The former governors were led to the State House by a former Governor of Delta State, James Ibori.

Among those present were Adamu Aliero (Kebbi), Joshua Dariye (Plateau), Saminu Turaki (Jigawa), Boni Haruna (Adamawa), Donald Duke (Cross River), and Sam Egwu (Ebonyi).

Others were Lucky Igbinedion (Edo), Jolly Nyame (Taraba), Victor Attah (Akwa Ibom), Niyi Adebayo (Ekiti), and Adamu Mu’azu (Bauchi).

George Akume, secretary to the government of the federation (SGF), who served as governor of Benue state from 1999 to 2007, introduced his former colleagues at the start of the meeting.

Notable absentees from the delegation were Bisi Akande (Osun), Olusegun Osoba (Ogun), Achike Udenwa (Imo), Abdullahi Adamu (Nasarawa), Ahmed Makarfi (Kaduna), Attahiru Bafarawa (Sokoto), Sani Yerima (Zamfara), Rabiu Kwankwaso (Kano), Chimaroke Nnamani (Enugu), and Orji Kalu (Abia).

Details of the meeting were not disclosed as of the time of filing this report, but the visit is believed to be part of ongoing consultations by the President with key political stakeholders.

The class of 1999 governors, who assumed office at the return of democratic rule, played significant roles in shaping Nigeria’s Fourth Republic politics.

Recall that Tinubu was the Governor of Lagos State from 1999 to 2007.