Class of ‘99 governors visit Tinubu

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ABBAS MUSA KANEMPRESS

13 JULY, 2023

Nigerian President Bola Tinubu has met with state governors elected in 1999, popularly known as the “Class of ‘99”, at the Council Chamber of the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

The meeting on Wednesday is at the call of President Tinubu, who was also state governor of Lagos State in 1999.

The meeting was also President Tinubu’s first meeting with former state governors elected at the dawn of the fourth republic.

In attendance are former state governor of Ogun, Olusegun Osoba, Bisi Akande of Osun, former Edo governor, Lucky Igbinedion, Saminu Turaki of Jigawa state.

Others are James Ibori of Delta, Donald Duke of Cross Rivers, Niyi Adebayo of Ekiti, Orji Kalu of Abia, Obong Attah of Akwa Ibom and Sam Egwu of Ebonyi State.

Also present are Chimaroke Nnamani (Enugu), Ibrahim Turaki (Jigawa), Adamu Muazu (Bauchi), Ahmad Yerima (Zamfara), Jolly Nyame (Taraba), Attahiru Bafarawa (Sokoto) and Joshua Dariye (Plateau).