Ondo State Governor, Olusegun Mimiko has been elected the Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party Governors Forum (PDPGF), an umbrelal body of governors elected on the platform of the PDP...
Ondo State Governor, Olusegun Mimiko has been elected the Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party Governors Forum (PDPGF), an umbrelal body of governors elected on the platform of the PDP.
Mr. Mimiko was elected at a meeting of the PDP governors in Maitama, Abuja, in a meeting which started from Tuesday night to the early hours of Wednesday, June 17.
Speaking with journalists shortly after his emergence, governor Mimiko vowed to engage President Muhammadu Buhari and the All Progressives Congress, APC in a very constructive manner.
“We will do everything that we can do to engage the presidency and APC in a very constructive manner. We have also agreed to create formal and informal mechanisms of pair review, all for the development of our nation”, the governor stated.
Mimiko replaces former Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Senator Godswill Akpabio who was the first to occupy the position following the formation of the forum.
Presently the PDP has 13 only governors.