Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, has been elected Chairman of the Southern Governors Forum while Anambra State Governor, Chukwuma Soludo, emerged Vice Chairman.
This was after a meeting of the Southern Governors Forum in Abeokuta, Ogun State, on Monday. The meeting, which lasted about five hours, had 13 governors in attendance and three deputy governors from the southern states.
The governors are Dapo Abiodun, Ogun, Seyi Makinde, Oyo, Umo Eno, Akwa Ibom State Godwin Obaseki, Edo, Alex Otti, Abia, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, Lagos, Ademola Adeleke, Osun, Francis Nwifuru, Ebonyi, Peter Mbah, Enugu, and Douye Diri, Bayelsa.
Others are Biodun Oyebanji, Ekiti, Bassey Otu, Cross River, Charles Soludo, Anambra, Imo state deputy governor, Chinyere Ekomaru, Delta State deputy governor, Monday Onyeme, and Ondo State deputy governor, Olayide Adelami.