THE Nigeria Governors’ Forum is set launch an orientation program for its new and returning governors on May 15 to familiarize them with fundamental elements of governance, including ethics, vetting, and recruiting into governor’s office, to make managing their various states easier.
According to a statement released yesterday the NGF’s Director of Media and Public Affairs, Abdulrazaque Barkindo, the current mayor of New York City, Eric Adams, and two former American governors, Terry McAuliffe of the State of Virginia and O’Malley Martin Joseph of Maryland, are gracing the occasion.
“Also invited to the NGF induction are former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, Mr Jean Pierre Elong Mbassi, the Secretary General of United Cities and Local Governments of Africa and President William Ruto of Kenya. Expected to speak too at the NGF induction is Professor Peter Anyang Nyongo, Governor of the Kisumu County in Kenya ‘who transformed Kenya’s hospital fund to a national health insurance fund’.”
The statement noted that “The same induction programme will also deal with how to seamlessly ease the outgoing governors to a life after office. The last two days of the week will be occupied by activities of the First Ladies.”
