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George Akume

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George Akume (b. 27 December 1953) has been governor of Benue State in Nigeria since 29 May 1999. He is a member of the ruling People's Democratic Party (PDP). Before then he was a career civil servant who rose to the apex of the professional career ladder as a permanent secretary.

Current governors of Nigerian states
Abia: Orji Uzor Kalu
Adamawa: Boni Haruna
Akwa Ibom: Victor Attah
Anambra: Peter Obi
Bauchi: Adamu Mu'azu
Bayelsa: Goodluck Jonathan
Benue: George Akume
Borno: Ali Modo Sheriff
Cross River: Donald Duke
Delta: James Ibori
Ebonyi: Sam Egwu
Edo: Lucky Igbinedion
Ekiti: Ayo Fayose
Enugu: Chimaroke Nnamani
Gombe: Mohammed Danjuma Goje
Imo: Achike Udenwa
Jigawa: Saminu Turaki
Kaduna: Ahmed Makarfi
Kano: Ibrahim Shekarau
Katsina: Umaru Musa Yar'Adua
Kebbi: Adamu Aliero
Kogi: Ibrahim Idris
Kwara: Bukola Saraki
Lagos: Bola Tinubu
Nassarawa: Abdullahi Adamu
Niger: Abdulkadir Kure
Ogun: Gbenga Daniel
Ondo: Olusegun Agagu
Osun: Olagunsoye Oyinlola
Oyo: Christopher Alao-Akala
Plateau: Joshua Dariye
Rivers: Peter Odili
Sokoto: Attahiru Bafarawa
Taraba: Jolly Nyame
Yobe: Bukar Ibrahim
Zamfara: Ahmed Sani Yerima

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