Governors Forum Greets Fayemi Over ‘Governor Of The Year Award’

The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) has congratulated Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi on his investiture as “Governor of the Year 2011” by the Leadership Newspaper.

Governor Fayemi, had last Tuesday, in Abuja, received the Leadership’s Governor of the Year Award’ at a ceremony where former Defence Minister, Lt Gen. Theophilus Danjuma and the Speaker, House of Representatives, Hon. Aminu Tambuwal were also recognized as ‘Person of the Year’ and ‘Politician of the Year’ respectively.

The Governors Forum, in a congratulatory letter dated September 19th and signed by Chairman of the Forum and Governor of Rivers State, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, hailed the award, which it said came in recognition of Fayemi’s transformative governance in Ekiti State.

The letter reads in part: “On behalf of all your brother governors in Nigeria Governors Forum, I write to congratulate you on the conferment of the Governor of the Year Award 2011 by Leadership Newspaper Group.

“We rejoice with you and the good people of Ekiti State as you are recognized for bringing compelling imagination and courage to the centre state of transformative governance in Ekiti State.”