•Commend Adamu, Omisore Over Resignations
By Kamil Opeyemi
Governors elected on the platform of the All Progressive Congress have risen from their meeting in Abuja to declare their plans in respective states how to handle the hardships inflicted by the rising cost of fuel.
Governor Hope Uzodinma, chairman of the Progressive Governors Forum, while addressing journalists after the meeting that ran into the night on Wednesday, said the hardships being faced by Nigerians are quite glaring to them.
Uzodimma described the meeting as successful, saying it discussed hardship arising from fuel subsidy removal, and other national issues.
“The current hardship occasioned by the price increase on both food, petroleum products and cost of living is being addressed.
“The sub national government is working with the federal government to address the development,” Uzodimma said.
He added that the National Executive Council, NEC, would discuss further on how to address the development to lessen the burden on the citizenry when it meets.
The PGF chairman assured that the governors would effectively utilise their federal allocation in the best interest of the people.
He said the governors would also ensure that the country’s economy was protected and “our sovereign margin was not tampered with in the international market but improve upon.”
Uzodimma said the governors received in good faith, the recent resignation of Senator Abdullahi Adamu, the party’s National Chairman and Sen. Iyola Omisore, National Secretary, saying their resignation was voluntary.
He added that the governors respect their actions and commend their wisdom, saying they had done well and served the party well.
“We are happy with their services and they are happy too. We are in support of their actions and they would continue to be commended.
“We respect and recognise the services they have rendered to our great party. Their resignations have also been accepted by the leadership of the party.
“We now have an acting national chairman and acting national secretary,” Uzodimma said, adding that contrary to speculations, the APC was united and had no crisis.
Some of the governors at the meeting include Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State; Umar Bago (Niger); Francis Nwifuru (Ebonyi); Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq (Kwara); Fr. Hyacinth Alia (Benue); Una Sani (Kaduna); Babajide Sanwo-Olu (Lagos); Mai Mala Buni (Yobe) and Dikko Radda (Katsina).