APC governors vow to reject Fayose as Deputy Chairman of NGF

State Governors under the umbrella of the All Progressives Congress (APC) have vowed to oppose the nomination of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governor, Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State, as deputy chairman of the Nigerian Governors’ Forum (NGF).
A source close to an APC governor in one of the North Central States disclosed to Vanguard that the choice of Fayose by the PDP was ill-considered and unacceptable to the party, as according to him, the APC was wary of the controversial governor and, therefore, will not accept Fayose for such a sensitive position, asking the PDP to find a suitable replacement.
“I wonder why the PDP thinks the Ekiti State governor should be the choice for the deputy chairman of the forum when they could not accept him as the chairman of their PDP Governors’ Forum. The choice is unacceptable to us and we would oppose it when we meet on Wednesday,” the source confided.
He went on to say that Fayose has remained a divisive factor during the electioneering campaigns and has remained so after the polls and it would be an ill-informed decision to have him occupy such a position.
He further said that the APC was not averse to the PDP fielding a level headed governor to deputise for the chairman of the forum, but “certainly not Governor Fayose that is given to reckless and inciting statements and actions.”
Fayose was at the centre of the anti-Buhari campaign during the electioneering process and once alleged that the then presidential candidate of the APC wears ‘pampers’ like his aged mother.
The Nigerian Governors’ Forum is scheduled to meet Monday to adopt deputy chairman among other things.