Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State on Thursday night emerged the new Chairman of the PDP Governors’ Forum,.
The development was announced by the Governor of Bayelsa State, Hon Serake Dickson, while speaking to journalists in Abuja shortly after the Forum’s meeting.
Dickson said the forum settled for Fayose based on his record of performance and as the most Senior Governor under the platform of the Party.
Dickson, who was flanked by other Governors present at the meeting and the leaders of the party, said that the Choice of Fayose was a collective one among the governors.
Dickson played glowing tributes to the out gone chairman of the Forum, Dr Olusegun Mimiko of Ondo state.
He thanked Mimiko for his immense contributions for the development of the Party during his tenure
Also speaking,the National Chairman of the Caretaker Committee of the Party,Senator Ahmed Makarif, the Chairman Board of Trustee,BOT of the Party, Senator Wali Jibril and the leadership of he Party in the National Assembly,Senator Ike Ekweremadu endorsed the choice of Fayose.
They described Fayose as a real party man who would boost the growth and development of the Party.
In his acceptance speech, Fayose who succeeded Gov Olusegun Mimiko, described his election as a call to service.
He promised not to let the party down as the Chairman of the Forum
Gov Fayose said that he was out to build the wall of Jericho surround the party with a promise to embark on total mobilization of party members nationwide ahead of the 2019 General elections.
He assured that the Party would work very hard to reclaim its lost States and as well formed the government at the Cenre come 2019 .
The pragmatic governor is expected to bring to bear on the party his winning strategy which has seen win convincingly all the major elections held in the state since 2014, when he trounced the incumbent minister of Solid Minerals, Fayemi, who had sought a second term.
