By Henry Umoru


ABUJA- THE Nigeria Governors Forum, NGF, the umbrella body of the thirty- six State Governors said yesterday that Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State remains an old and very strong member of the forum.

Reacting to Wike who lampooned the Nigeria Governors Forum, describing it as being a “beggars forum.”, the NGF through its Head of Media and Public Affairs, Abdulrazaque Barkindo said, “Beggars Forum: Governor Wike is an old member of the NGF and a strong one at that.

“He could not have referred to the NGF as a Beggars Forum. Blame it on the author of the release, Mr. Nsirim the Information Commissioner in Rivers State who could not distinguish between the NGF and the Progressive Governors Forum which is the political platform of APC Governors.

“The NGF has six core mandate areas and politics isn’t one of them. The NGF is happy to state that Gov Wike is one of its strong members and has delegated his Deputy Governor to the Forum and she has never missed any meeting.

“The NGF appeals to all media advisers to seek to acquaint themselves with the different groups that their Chief Executives belong to in order to avoid making such misrepresentations that are entirely political and not governance-related.”

Recall that Governor Wike had taken a swipe at the Governors Forum, describing it as being a “beggars forum.”

Wike’s attack on the forum, of which he is a member, was apparently in connection with the travails of Governor Godwin Obaseki who has been disqualified by the All Progressives Congress (APC) from contesting the forthcoming governorship primary of the party in Edo state.

Obaseki’s disqualification on Friday climaxed the protracted political battle between him and his predecessor, Adams Oshiomhole, who is the APC national chairman.

https://www.vanguardngr.com/2020/06/beggars-forum-wike-is-our-old-strong-member-ngf/


Lalasticlala

So Wike is among the beggars

so he has been begging for money

Nice one...

BlowYourMind:
So Wike is among the beggars

Can you read and understand at all?

Blackking98:
Can you read and understand at all?

No help me

Definitely the "progressive" Governors...

.."He has been delegating his deputy to attend NGF meeting.who else noticed that wike don't like attending event outside Rivers State. Is he afraid of something?
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Bluebae:
.."He has been delegating his deputy to attend NGF meeting.who else noticed that wike don't like attending event outside Rivers State. Is he afraid of something?
..

Wile is a typical Rivers man they don't like traveling out they are based in ph full time ...there is enough money in Rivers so what does he need to travel for

Bluebae:
.."He has been delegating his deputy to attend NGF meeting.who else noticed that wike don't like attending event outside Rivers State. Is he afraid of something?
..

Obiano barely attends events outside Anambra aswell...

Not everyone is like the Ajala we have as president.

Progressive them... na dem be beggar..

Note the difference

Begging na dia way...

Beggars forum

“He could not have referred to the NGF as a Beggars Forum"

BlowYourMind:
So Wike is among the beggars

no he is not mad man like you

BlowYourMind:
So Wike is among the beggars

I saw Wike on AIT News yesterday. He never refered to NGF as beggers' Forum. Rather, it was the devilish party forum called the Progressive Governors' Forum that he referred to as beggers which they certainly are