Bagudu elected chairman of APC governors forum

Kebbi State governor Atiku Bagudu has been elected the chairman of the Progressives Governors Forum.

The Forum is made up of governors elected on the platform of the ruling All Progressives Congress.

He was unanimously elected at a meeting of PGF held at the Imo State Government Lodge, Abuja to succeed outgoing Imo State governor Rochas Okorocha.

Director General of the Forum Salihu Lukman explained that the election of Bagudu was in furtherance of the commitment of the Progressive Governors to deepen democratic governance in the country.

“The PGF under HE Bagudu’s leadership pledges to mobilise all party members and by extension Nigerians towards expanding and deepening democratic structures of the party by focusing on initiatives to guarantee the development of participatory governance structures as well as the guarantee of transparent, credible decision-making process within the APC,” Lukman said in a statement.