Tag: PGF

APC Governors urge Resident Doctors to call off strike

Ishaku Yohanna

Godwin Amunde The Progressive Governors Forum (PGF) – a forum of Nigerian governors elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has called on members of the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) to suspend their ongoing strike action. The forum argued that their position was in tandem with the call by the Federal Government through the Minister of Labour, Dr. Chris Ngige for the immediate suspension of the strike to allow negotiations to continue. This was contained in a statement titled, “Resolutions of Meeting of Progressive Governors,” signed by the Chairman…

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Buhari, Osinbajo, others to speak at book launch on APC score card

Ishaku Yohanna

Godwin Amunde President Muhammadu Buhari, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and Bola Ahmed Tinubu and other leaders of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, are scheduled to speak at the public presentation of a book ‘APC’s Litmus Test’ written by the Director General of the Progressive Governors Forum (PGF) Dr. Salihu Moh. Lukman. According to a statement made available to newsmen in Abuja on Sunday and signed by former APC National Publicity Secretary, Lanre Issa-Onilu, the book is a contribution to APC’s quest to bolster its democratic credentials towards engendering political stability,…

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APC governors welcome Ayade, say party’s reinforcement continues

Ishaku Yohanna

By Godwin Amunde Governors elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress, (APC) on Friday welcomed the Cross River State Governor, Ben Ayade, into their fold. The governors acting under the aegis of Progressive Governors Forum, (PGF) described Ayade’s entry into the APC, from the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP) as a “testament of the party’s capacity to mobilise all Nigerians consistent with the vision of the founding fathers to ensure that the APC is a platform to unite all Nigerians.” This was contained in a statement titled, “The…

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PGF Felicitates with Lalong on his 58th birthday

Ishaku Yohanna

By Godwin Amunde The Progressive Governors Forum (PGF) has felicitated with Chairman, Northern Governors Forum (NGF) and the Governor of Plateau State, Simon Lalong, on his 58th birthday. In a statement on Wednesday in Abuja signed by the Chairman of PGF and Governor of Kebbi State, Abubakar Bagudu, the Forum said the Plateau State governor’s contributions to matters of governance have been insightful and resolute. The statements reads: “The Progressive Governors Forum (PGF) joins His Excellency Simon Bako Lalong, Plateau State Governor and Chairman, Northern Governors Forum, to celebrate his…

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PGF DG slams NLC over minimum wage protest

Ishaku Yohanna

By Godwin Amunde The Director General of the Progressive Governors Forum (PGF) Dr. Salihu Lukman has condemned in strong terms theprotest by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) against the decentralization of minimum wage. Lukman in a statement issued in Abuja on Friday said the campaign for the retention of the minimum wage in the exclusive legislative list under the 1999 Nigerian Constitution as amended, is being handled by the leadership of organised labour, especially the NLC based on deliberate distortions of facts. He also called for the revival of the…

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APC govs felicitate with Osinbajo at 64

Ishaku Yohanna

By Godwin Amunde Governors elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress, (APC) under auspices of the Progressive Governors Forum (PGF) have felicitated with Vice President Yemi Osinbajo as he turned 64 on March 8. The Chairman of the Progressive Governors Forum (PGF) and the Governor of Kebbi State, Atiku Bagudu, in a statement issued Monday also commended Osinbajo’s selfless service to the nation. The statement reads: “The Progressive Governors Forum joins His Excellency, Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, GCON, Vice President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, and his…

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APC governors celebrate Aisha Buhari at 50

Ishaku Yohanna

By Godwin Amunde The Progressive Governors Forum (PGF), a forum of Governors elected under the platform of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) have  joined the first family to celebrate the birthday of the First Lady Aisha Buhari as she marks the golden age of fifty In a statement signed by the Chairman of the Forum, Governor Abubakar Atiku Bagudu of Kebbi state and made available to newsmen on Tuesday in Abuja, the forum commended the First Lady’s motherly care and selfless support to the processes of managing challenges of…

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True federalism the panacea to the current high wave of ethnic and religious hatred amongst Nigerians – Lukman

Ishaku Yohanna

By Godwin Amunde Director General (DG) of the Progressives Governor Forum, Dr. Salihu Lukman says there is the need for political leaders to assert their authority in mobilizing alternative responses which should inspire Nigerians to rise above the current high wave of ethnic and religious hatred in the country, in order to arrest and prevent criminal activities. Salihu Moh’Lukman who stated this in a statement on Monday in Abuja, also stressed the need for a strengthened politics to be able to manage difficult realities, noting that so long as the…

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2020: We commend the resilience of Nigerians – APC Govs

Ishaku Yohanna

By Godwin Amunde The Progressive Governors Forum (PGF), a forum of Nigerian governors elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has described the year 2020 as the most challenging year of the century and commended the resilience of Nigerians in the year ended. Governor of Kebbi state, Abubakar Atiku Bagudu, who is the PGF chairman, in a statement titled: ‘A call for national unity to overcome our challenges’, issued for and on behalf of Progressive Governors said that the combined effects of all the pandemic have further…

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Christmas: APC govs urge Nigerians to unite against insecurity, felicitate with Bagudu at 59

Ishaku Yohanna

By Godwin Amunde The Progressives Governors Forum (PGF) – a forum of Nigerian governors elected on the platform of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has called on Nigerians to set aside their ethno-religious and political differences and unite in order to resolve the nation’s security challenges. The forum also celebrated its chairman and Kebbi state governor Atiku Bagudu, who turns 59th on 26 of December. In a Christmas message signed on behalf of the forum yesterday in Abuja, the Kogi State governor, Yahaya Bello, who is the treasurer of…

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