Governor Hope Uzodinma of Imo State has emerged the new Chairman of the Progressives Governors Forum for the next four years.
The new Chairman of the Progressives Governors Forum succeeds former Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State.
Uzodinma emerged at a joint meeting of immediate past governors, reelected governors and newly-elected governors held on Wednesday in Abuja, according to El-Rufai.
The PGF is an organisation of Governors elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress, which serves as a platform for collaboration, policy development and sharing of experiences among its members.
El-Rufai said new Governor Uba Sani of Kaduna State emerged as Vice Chairman, while Dr. Abdulkadir Mayere, former Permanent Secretary in the Federal Ministry of Agriculture, had been appointed as the Director-General of the PGF.
The tenure of the new leadership, according to El-Rufai, takes off immediately.