After several weeks and months of playing hide-and-seek, the Presidency has finally confirmed that they are in no way comfortable with Governor Rotimi Amaechi as chairman of Nigerian Governors’ Forum.
Reacting to the absence of President Goodluck Jonathan at the
retreat organised by the Amaechi-led faction of the Forum in Sokoto over
the weekend, the Presidency insisted on Sunday that it did not
recognise the Rivers State Governor as NGF chairman, saying the person
recognized by President Goodluck Jonathan as the chairman of NGF is
Governor Jonah Jang…
President Jonathan was billed to deliver the keynote address at the retreat where the resource persons included the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Aminu Tambuwwal; Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka; and Catholic Bishop of Sokoto, Matthew Kukah.
Below is what Jonathan’s special adviser on Political Matters, Ahmed Gulak, told Punch:
“What happened in Sokoto was not a retreat for the Nigeria
Governors’ Forum. It was an event for Amaechi Governors Forum. As far as
the President is concerned, Governor Jonah Jang of Plateau State is the
Chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum and not Amaechi. President
Jonathan would have attended if the event was organised by the genuine
and proper governors’ forum.”
It would be recalled that Amaechi defeated Jonah Jang in a transparent election by 19 to 16 vote
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