For the second day, Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State took the center-stage in Seattle, United States of America (USA) where he is currently leading the Nigerian Governors’ Forum (NGF) delegation to a meeting facilitated by the Aliko Dangote Foundation in concert with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
Both foundations were represented by their chairmen, Bill Gates and Aliko Dangote.
Other governors at the two day meeting held at the headquarters of Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation in Seattle were: Inuwa Yahaya (Gombe), Bala Mohammed (Bauchi), , Dapo Abiodun (Ogun), Abdullahi Sule (Nasarawa), Babajide Sanwo-Olu (Lagos), Abdullahi Umar Ganduje (Kano) and Prof. Babagana Umara Zulum.

Some governors were represented.
The round table discussion between the NGF, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and Dangote Foundation, according to Gov. Tambuwal, “focused on health care issues and human capital development.”
He said: “Interactive sessions in which my colleagues and I participated along with the foundations’ teams, key federal and state level sector health leaders from Nigeria, brainstormed on the link between health and human capital development.
“The conference also discussed current country performance, benchmarking local and international development indicators, and engagement of participants in solution-based learnings and discussions to co-create opportunities for improved health and human capital development,” the governor stated.
Muhammad Bello
Special Adviser, Media and Publicity to Sokoto state Governor.
Nov. 13, 2019
Sokoto.

