The presidency said that Governor Rotimi Amaechi is not been recognized as the chairman of the Nigeria Governors forum,
The president was billed to deliver an address at the retreat where the
resource peesons included the Speaker
of the House of Representatives, Aminu
Tambuwwal; Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole
Soyinka; and Catholic Bishop of Sokoto,
Matthew Kukah.
Special Adviser to Jonathan on Political
Matters, Ahmed Gulak, told The PUNCH
that the NGF recognised by the
President was the faction led by Plateau
State Governor Jonah Jang.
Gulak said the retreat at Sokoto on
Saturday was not an event of the
authentic NGF but a show of the
“Amaechi Governors Forum.”
The governors’ forum had been split
into factions since its controversial
election few months ago. While a group
of governors, among them the G-7
members otherwise referred to as the
‘rebel’ governors, said Amaechi was
their elected chairman, others, made up
of mainly Jonathan loyalists, claimed
that Jang was the chairman.
Both factions have since run parallel
groups of the NGF with the Presidency
identifying with the Jang faction while
Amaechi has been suspended by his
Peoples Democratic Party.
He is a key member of the new faction
of the PDP and he played host to
leaders of the opposition All
Progressives Congress recently.
Gulak said, “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.
“The poor attendance at the Sokoto
event confirmed that it was not
organised by the genuine governors’
forum.
“President Jonathan would have
attended if the event was organised by
the genuine and proper governors’
forum.”
The states represented at the retreat
were Lagos, Oyo, Ekiti, Osun, Zamfara,
Sokoto, Kano, Adamawa, Borno,
Jigawa, Niger, Kwara and Nasarawa.
leading to the absence of the President at the retreat organized by Amaechi and co(other member of the faction).
The president was billed to deliver an address at the retreat where the
resource peesons included the Speaker
of the House of Representatives, Aminu
Tambuwwal; Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole
Soyinka; and Catholic Bishop of Sokoto,
Matthew Kukah.
Special Adviser to Jonathan on Political
Matters, Ahmed Gulak, told The PUNCH
that the NGF recognised by the
President was the faction led by Plateau
State Governor Jonah Jang.
Gulak said the retreat at Sokoto on
Saturday was not an event of the
authentic NGF but a show of the
“Amaechi Governors Forum.”
The governors’ forum had been split
into factions since its controversial
election few months ago. While a group
of governors, among them the G-7
members otherwise referred to as the
‘rebel’ governors, said Amaechi was
their elected chairman, others, made up
of mainly Jonathan loyalists, claimed
that Jang was the chairman.
Both factions have since run parallel
groups of the NGF with the Presidency
identifying with the Jang faction while
Amaechi has been suspended by his
Peoples Democratic Party.
He is a key member of the new faction
of the PDP and he played host to
leaders of the opposition All
Progressives Congress recently.
Gulak said, “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.
“The poor attendance at the Sokoto
event confirmed that it was not
organised by the genuine governors’
forum.
“President Jonathan would have
attended if the event was organised by
the genuine and proper governors’
forum.”
The states represented at the retreat
were Lagos, Oyo, Ekiti, Osun, Zamfara,
Sokoto, Kano, Adamawa, Borno,
Jigawa, Niger, Kwara and Nasarawa.
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