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Sokoto State governor, Aminu Tambuwal has replaced outgoing Bayelsa State governor, Seriake Dickson, as the chairman of People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Governors’ forum.
A statement signed by the Special Adviser on media and publicity to the governor, Muhammad Bello, said the choice of Tambuwal was unanimous as all the governors in attendance at the party’s 88th National Executive Council (NEC) meeting holding at its Wadata Plaza Secretariat in Abuja, resolved and appointed him as their chairman.
“Accepting the onerous responsibility, Governor Tambuwal pledged to run an inclusive administration and to move the party forward” he added.
Tambuwal takes over from Dickson, who was absent at the meeting and whose tenure will end on February 3.