Fayemi emerges President Forum of Governors Regions/States of Africa

Ekiti State Governor, Kayode Fayemi, has been elected as the President of the Forum of Governors of Regions/States of Africa at the body’s election held in Saidia, Morocco.

The Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Yinka Oyebode, made this known via a statement issued on Friday.

Oyebode said the Governor of Northern Region of Cameroon, Oumarou Ousmanou, was elected as the Vice President (Central Africa); while the Governor of Kisumu County, Kenya, Prof. Peter Anyang Nyongo, was elected Vice President (East Africa).

He stated that the President of Morrocan Council of Regions, Mme Bouida Mbarka, was elected as Vice President (North Africa) and David Makhura, Premier, while Gauteng Province was also elected Vice President, (Southern Africa).

According to the statement, Fayemi, in his acceptance speech, described the victory as “a burden of history”.

“Leadership isn’t just a title, but an instrument that should be used to influence policies that would impact positively on the people.

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“It is time Africans stopped agonising and start organising.

“The forum will work assiduously to promote the vision of deepening decentralisation and devolution for the material benefit of African people,” Governor Fayemi was quoted as saying.

The governor, who is also the Chairman of Nigeria Governors Forum, pledged to use his office to strengthen the quest for African integration through the promotion of African Union’s Agenda 2063 and the SDGs 2030.

He thanked his colleagues in the forum for the honour, reiterating that all present must exhibit the desire to work in tandem with the Africa Union (AU) agenda.

Three other Nigerian governors in attendance at the two-day meeting were Godwin Obaseki (Edo), Abdullahi Sule (Nassarawa), and Abdullahi Umar Ganduje (Kano).

The Star