Tony Blair, William Ruto, Others For NGF Induction Of Govs-elect

The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) has fixed May 15 to commence an induction programme for its incoming and returning governors.

Naija News reports that the induction would focus on critical aspects of governance, including ethics, vetting, and recruitment into the governor’s office to ease the task of administering their various states.

This was made known in a statement on Tuesday by the Director, Media and Public Affairs of the NGF, Abdulrazaque Barkindo.

He stated, “On this occasion, the current Mayor of New York City, Eric Adams, and two former American Governors, Terry McAuliffe of the State of Virginia and O’Malley Martin Joseph of Maryland, are gracing the occasion.

“Also invited to the NGF induction are former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, Mr. Jean Pierre Elong Mbassi, the Secretary General of United Cities and Local Governments of Africa, and President William Ruto of Kenya. Expected to speak too at the NGF induction is Professor Peter Anyang Nyongo, Governor of the Kisumu County in Kenya ‘who transformed Kenya’s hospital fund to a national health insurance fund.’”

“The same induction programme will also deal with how to seamlessly ease the outgoing governors to a life after office. The last two days of the week will be occupied by activities of the First Ladies.”