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Progressive Governors Forum
Progressive Governors Forum (PGF) is a forum of List of state governors of Nigeria, Nigerian governors elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), the mega party which was born of a merger between the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP), the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), and faction of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA). The Forum was formed in the wake of the merger of legacy parties which merged to form the APC and at inception in August 2013, the PGF had 11 member governors comprising Borno, Edo, Ekiti, Imo, Lagos, Nassarawa, Ogun, Osun, Oyo, Yobe, and Zamfara states; this number increased later when five additional governors from the ruling People’s Democratic Party (Nigeria), People’s Democratic Party (PDP) defected to the APC after a crisis that gave rise to a faction known as the new-PDP. Sequel to the new merger with members from the new-PDP, the PGF comprised sixteen governors (Adamawa, Borno, E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hope Uzodinma
Hope Odidika Uzodimma (born 12 December 1958) is a Nigerian politician who serves as Governor of Imo State. On 14 January 2020, the Supreme Court in Nigeria declared Hope Uzodimma of the All Progressives Congress (APC) winner of the 2019 governorship poll in Imo State nullifying the election of incumbent Emeka Ihedioha. Origin Hope Uzodimma was born on 12 December 1958 in Omuma to an Igbo Catholic family; his father Chief Michael Uzodinma held the chieftaincy title of Igwe of Ozuh Omuma and his mother was Ezinne Rose Uzodimma (née Nneoha). He is a kinsman of the Okoro family of Etiti-Omuma. Uzodinma is a devout Catholic, and is married to Chioma Uzodinma with seven children. As far as his secondary education, he stopped at class two, and claims to hold a Diploma in Maritime Management Technology, and Higher Diploma in the same field, from the Federal University of Technology Owerri. He also claims has a bachelor's degree in International Studies and Diplomacy from Washingt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |