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Udom Emmanuel Appointed As Chairman Of Newly Formed South-East, South-South Governor’s Forum
Governor Udom Emmanuel
Governor Udom Emmanuel has emerged as Chairman of a new group, South East and South Governors’ Forum, which was birthed on Sunday to politically work together and realign as a people that shared common heritage, culture and affinity.
The forum which held its first meeting late Sunday night at the Nike Lake Resort, Enugu appointed Governor Emmanuel Udom of Akwa Ibom as its chairman.
Briefing newsmen at the end of the closed door meeting, Udom said that governors from the two regions decided to come together to pursue inter-regional cooperation for greater integration.
He revealed that the two regions had agreed to politically work together and realign as a people that shared common heritage, culture and affinity,” he said.
“Having reviewed the state of the nation particularly as it affects us in the South-East and South-South regions, we have agreed to pursue inter-regional cooperation.
“This will be for integration and for the economic benefit of the two regions.
“We also have resolved to politically work together and realign as a people that shared common heritage, culture and affinity.”
Udom said that he was unanimously chosen as the interim chairman by his brother governors, adding that their next meeting would hold in Port Harcourt on August 27.
NAN reports that present at the meeting were the governors of Abia, Bayelsa, Ebonyi, Enugu, Imo, Cross River and Rivers while the governor of Anambra was represented by his deputy.
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