Sen Adamu, who gave the charge when the Progressive Governor Forum paid him a visit at the Party’s National Secretariat on Wednesday in Abuja, said the party has a general framework for the governance of the country.
“For us, what we will want to say to you is, adherence to the manifesto as much as you can. We have a general framework for the governance of the country and you represent those who fly the flag of the party and it is expected that whatever you do, you will have in mind the manifesto that the party gives the country”, he said.
According to him, as the Chief Executive Officers of the state, “you must key into this manifesto but there are peculiarities, there are priorities you must have set and you are bound to do as much as you can to meet the expectations of those who voted for us”.
“We are in a very difficult moment and you have come at a very difficult period. Even with the timing so, of the lifting of the fuel subsidy, this is going to be very specially challenging to us, particularly to you because you are where it matters most.
“From national politics, you are the shock absorbers in the various states of the federation. You live with the people. You wake up with the people and you work with them.
“The expectation is that you could have a better appreciation of their pains as citizens of this country. So, a lot of expectations will be on you as governors of the federating units of this great country.
While assuring the governors of the party’s readiness to render to them every cooperation they needed to succeed in their duties, he said, “If you have any problem, turn to us and we will give you the best advice as we can. But whatever we do with you, you are the one wearing the shoes and know where it pinches”.
“Fortunately, you are lucky to have a president who will listen to you. He has come with the same urge, the same desire to deliver. So, you are lucky”, he added.
Speaking earlier, the Chairman of the Forum, Gov Hope Uzodinma reiterated the governors loyalty to the party, while assuring that the government in their various state level shall be APC-led.
“I want to assure you that the APC governors understand very clearly that the government each of us are presiding over belongs to the party and we know both at the federal and sub-national level, the government belongs to APC. It’s APC-led government.
“Under my watch, we will be very close to the party. The purpose of the forum is to have impetus to the activities of the party and the government. We are only going to act as salesmen that will market the policies and programmes of government”, the Imo State governor stated.
The following Governors were in attendance:
Hope Uzodinma – Imo
Mai Mala Buni – Yobe
Yahaya Bello – Kogi
Abduallahi Sule – Nasarawa
Mohammed Bago – Niger
Uba Sani – Kaduna
Inuwa Yahaya – Gombe
Nasir Idris – Kebbi
Dapo Abiodum – Ogun
Uzodinma emerges PGF chairman via consensus.
