Induction for members of the Nigerian Governors’ Forum (NGF) will hold from May 15 to 19, a statement by the NGF’s media director, Abdulrazaque Barkindo, said yesterday.
President Muhammadu Buhari will give the keynote address.
The statement reads: “Speakers have been invited from all over the world. 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. Peter Anyang Nyongo, Governor of Kisumu County in Kenya ‘who transformed Kenya’s hospital fund to a national health insurance fund, reduced poverty’ will also speak at the event.
“Also invited are former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, Mr. Jean Pierre Elong Mbassi, Secretary-General of United Cities and Local Governments of Africa, and President William Ruto of Kenya.
“Also attending is Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Director-General of the World trade Organisation; Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations Amina Mohammed and Dr Akinwumi Adeshina of the African Development Bank…