FACTIONAL chairman of the Nigeria
Governors’ Forum, Jonah Jang, on Monday said he never claimed to be the
governor of Rivers State; hence he could not be accused of impersonating
Governor Rotimi Amaechi.
Jang spoke in response to an accusation by Amaechi that he (Jang) was impersonating him by calling for the meeting of the NGF.
Amaechi had said he read in the media
that Jang called a meeting of the governors, adding that such amounted
to impersonation because he (Amaechi) as the chairman of the NGF did not
call any meeting.
He therefore called on the governors to disregard Jang’s call for a meeting since he (Amaechi) did not send the notice.
“Am I claiming to be the Governor of
Rivers State? How am I then impersonating him?” he asked in Abuja while
responding to journalists questions after he presided over the meeting
of his faction of the NGF.
At the meeting were the governors of
Abia, Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa, Cross River, Ebonyi, Enugu, Delta, Kaduna,
Katsina, Kogi, Taraba, Bauchi, Ondo and Imo states.
Benue State governor was however represented by his deputy.
The governors were later led by Jang into a meeting with President Goodluck Jonathan at the Presidential Villa.
Journalists were barred from the meeting which started at exactly 10pm on Monday.
Missing at the meeting were governors of
Niger, Kano, Sokoto, Ekiti, Osun, Lagos, Oyo, Osun,Edo and Rivers
states. The governors that were not at the meeting called by Jang and
also absent at the meeting with the President were those loyal to
Amaechi in the NGF.
The NGF became polarised after the
Forum’s controversial election last month with both Jang and Amaechi
claiming victory in the election, but the Rivers governor was said to
have polled 19 votes, while the Plateau governor was said to have had
the support of 16 of his colleagues.
However, President Jonathan has
recognised Jang as Chairman of NGF. The ruling Peoples Democratic Party
has suspended Amaechi for alleged anti-party activities.
The Rivers governor had accused the PDP
of a witch-hunt, saying it was only in the PDP that a governor could be
suspended without being given the opportunity to defend himself.
Meanwhile, the President on Monday met
behind closed doors with five PDP governors in the fence-mending
committee set up by Jonathan.
The governors are those of Bayelsa,
Dickson; Akwa Ibom, Godswill Akpabio; Abia, Theodore Orji; Delta,
Emmanuel Uduaghan; Bauchi, Isa Yuguda; and Katsina, Ibrahim Shema.
They were led into the President’s
office at about 5pm by the Secretary to the Government of the
Federation, Pius Anyim; and the Special Adviser to the President on
Political Matters, Dr. Ahmed Gulak.
Vice-President Namadi Sambo also attended the meeting.
A source told one of our correspondents
that the meeting provided the governors an opportunity to report back to
Jonathan on their assignment.
They came out of the President’s office at about 6.20pm without talking to journalists.
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Can someone ask the Baboon Jang what the outcome of the NGF election was? Was it really 19-16? If not let him tells us how he won the election to become the NGF forum. And secondly you can see that the man does not even know the meaning of impersonation. Amechi stop speaking English to this man. Talk pigin or em native language. And what is Uncle Jo trying to portray by acknowledging Jang? Nigeria dey go everyday and dem say hope dey. May be. But not now.
ReplyDeleteWhat is really wrong the the JANAH JANG? He should focus on the mending the falling fences of the Plateau instaed of NGFC.
ReplyDeleteIf 35 people can vote and there is still rigging of vote.. Now let imagine a whole country that starts from the local level to federal level.. Nigeria need diliverance
ReplyDeleteup jang
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