This and more were contained in a press statement dated 8th July, 2020, and signed by Hon. C.I.D. Maduabum, the Director-General
of the Forum.
Below is the statement in full:
PDP GOVERNORS’ FORUM FELICITATES WITH GOV. OKOWA ON HIS 61ST
BIRTHDAY.
We send fraternal greetings to His Excellency, Senator (Dr) Ifeanyi Arthur Okowa on behalf of the PDP Governors’ Forum under the leadership of Rt. Hon. Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, CFR, and all the other PDP Governors on his 61st birthday celebration.
2. We convey the best wishes and good tidings from the PDP Governors’ to you on this memorable occasion.
3. We pray for God’s healing hands upon you and your family. May He continue to bestow his blessings and protection upon you. May He continue to guide you as you pilot the affairs of Delta State to greater heights.
4. You have been a focused and determined leader of men, a peace loving, humble, committed and steadfast leader who has transformed the socio-economic and political fortunes of Delta State through the SMART AGENDA. Your achievements in infrastructure, Education, Healthcare, human capital development, strategic wealth creation initiatives, Agriculture and industrialisation policies, security of lives and property, and peaceful coexistence of all communities in Delta State are worthy of emulation.
5. You are indeed one the pillars and guardians of the Forum and a reservoir of wisdom, knowledge and strength in the governance of not just Delta State but Nigeria as a whole.
6. Please be assured of the solidarity and kindly receive the felicitations of your colleagues of the PDP Governors’ Forum, as you mark this day.
7. Happy Birthday, Your Excellency.
