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Newspaper nominates Umaru Bago of Niger as Governor of year

Niger State Governor Mohammed Umaru Bago has been nominated as one of the Leadership Newspaper Group Governors of the year 2023.

The nomination letter was presented to the Governor by the Group Managing Director of Leadership Newspaper, Muazu Elazeh, who led a team of its management staff to the Council Chamber of Government House, Minna.

Elazeh explained that the governor was nominated based on his landmark initiatives on the New Niger agenda.

He described Niger State as a work in progress in terms of urban renewal and the green economy initiative under the administration of the governor.

The Group Managing Director of Leadership Newspaper also extended a formal invitation letter for the award ceremony scheduled to take place on March 5, 2024, in Abuja.

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