2027: South-East ex-govs back Tinubu, launch forum to drive regional development

Ahead of the 2027 wide election, erstwhile governors from South-East portion person expressed beardown enactment for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.

They hinged their determination connected the Tinubu administration’s infrastructural improvement efforts crossed the zone.

DAILY POST reports that the erstwhile governors took the basal connected Tuesday, April 7, 2026, pursuing the ceremonial inauguration of the Forum of South-East Former Governors, a assemblage established to enactment and counsel serving governors successful the portion connected captious zonal and nationalist issues.

According to a communiqué issued astatine the extremity of their gathering and work by erstwhile politician of Ebonyi State and Minister of works, Engr. David Umahi, the forum is designed arsenic a non-partisan level unfastened to each erstwhile governors of South-East states, careless of governmental affiliation.

Members noted that portion respective erstwhile governors were incapable to be the inaugural gathering owed to aesculapian engagements and different commitments, they expressed assurance that implicit 90 percent information would beryllium achieved successful consequent gatherings.

The forum commended the existent South-East governors for what it described arsenic “remarkable strides” successful infrastructure development, security, and empowerment initiatives crossed the region.

In particular, the erstwhile governors praised President Tinubu...