by Kolapo Olapoju
Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, has an issue with the election of Zamfara State governor, Abdulaziz Yari, as the new chairman of the Nigerian Governors Forum.
In an interview with Punch newspapers in Abuja, Fayose said the election of Yari was flawed, owing to the exclusion of governors-elect, who would make up the majority members of the group after their inauguration on May 29.
“It is more sensible to allow the incoming governors to be inaugurated before such a decision can be taken. It is like the outgoing senators choosing the Senate President for the incoming senators,” the governor said.
Fayose said, “The APC should not be afraid. They are the majority; so their candidate will still win.
“But for us to have a respectable Nigerian Governors’ Forum that will stand together in nation-building, that strategy cannot work. We, as governors, must lead by example.
“The election of the chairman of the new Nigerian Governors’ Forum did not follow due process.”
