Rivers State Governor Rotimi Amaechi on Sunday warned his Plateau State counterpart, Mr. Jonah Jang, against impersonating him as the chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum.
Amaechi was reacting to media reports on Saturday that Jang had invited the NGF members to a meeting scheduled for Monday (today) in Abuja.
Jang, who lost out to the Rivers State Governor during the May 24 governors election, had in a statement said that the NGF forum meeting would hold at 6pm.
In the statement in which he addressed himself as the NGF chairman, Jang stated that after their meeting, the governors would meet with President Goodluck Jonathan at 9pm in the Presidential Villa.
He explained that the governors would meet “in view of the impasse arising from the Federal Allocation Accounts Committee meeting.”
The Rivers State governor said, “As the chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum elected by my colleagues to safeguard their integrity and that of the forum, it has become imperative for me to request my brother, Governor Jang, to remain within the confines of decorum and cease to impersonate me and to stop parading himself as NGF chairman.
“Governor Jang is my brother and a friend and I harbour no ill feelings against him; but it is important that he stops this impersonation, as it could threaten all the good work we all have done together.”
Amaechi explained that the only meeting he was aware of was that between all the governors and Jonathan today.
“As leaders elected by our people, Nigerians are closely watching us. We must comport ourselves according to the dictates and principles of democratic and lawful practices and norms,” Amaechi added.
He, however, reassured his colleagues that the leadership “crisis in the NGF would be resolved and the forum would be reunited as one family committed to the country.”
Amaechi stated that the forum would continue to support the President’s “vision for a Nigeria that safeguards the rights of all its citizens to good governance and democratic norms.”
But in a swift response, Jang insisted that the NGF meeting would hold as scheduled on Monday.
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