Okorocha elected Progressive
Govs chairman
on december 13, 2013 at 1:01 pm in news
By Sony Daniel, Regional Editor, North
Sixteen opposition governors under the aegis
of Progressive Governors Forum (PGF), have
unanimously elected the Imo State Governor,
Owelle Rochas Okorocha, as their chairman.
The 16 state governors who are members of
the All Progressives Congress (APC), picked
Okorocha to pilot the affairs of the forum at
a recent meeting.
A statement by the Director General of the
PGF, Salihu Lukman, said Okorocha’s
election was in furtherance of the
commitment of the 16 Progressive Governors
to strengthen democratic governance
structures in the country with the overriding
goal of rescuing Nigeria and facilitating the
emergence of accountable leadership at all
levels led by APC.
“Okorocha will provide leadership to PGF to
realise the collective vision of the
Progressive Governors to engender
expeditiously exemplary human development
Programmes and policies in all APC states.
Owelle Rochas Okorocha OON addressing
members of the Imo House of Assembly and
cross sections of the public
“Considering how consistently the PDP has
attacked the foundations of our democracy,
and the subsequent erosion of Nigerians’
hard-won freedoms, the PGF under HE
Okorocha’s leadership pledges to mobilize
citizens towards expanding and deepening
democratic structures.
“This, Owelle will do by focusing on
initiatives to guarantee the development of
participatory governance structures as well
as the guarantee of transparent, credibthee
elections and the results reflect the votes of
Nigerian people, Lukman explained in the
document made available to Vanguard on
Friday.
The forum urged Nigerians to support the
initiatives of the Progressive Governors under
the leadership of Okorocha to make Nigeria
great again.