The factional Chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum and Governor of Plateau State, Jonah Jang, has described the faction of the NGF being led by the Governor of Rivers State, Rotimi Amaechi, as an extension of the All Progressives Congress.
Amaechi had met with members of his own faction of the NGF in Abuja on Monday night to deliberate on the suspension of the Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, Sanusi Lamido, during which it condemned the suspension, describing it as a violation of the Constitution and the laws that established the CBN.
However, Jang in a statement by the Media Office of his faction said the Amaechi’s NGF was playing politics with the suspension of the CBN governor by President Goodluck Jonathan, noting that “Nigerians have grown weary of Governor Amaechi turning every issue even beyond his purview into a political opportunity.”
He said that Amaechi was not speaking on behalf of the governors in the country, stressing that a vast majority of governors “do not share in the anti-Federal Government zeal that the Rivers State governor champions as evident in the ever-reducing number of governors he parades.”
According to a statement signed by Kassim Yakubu, Jang added that “Nigerians want governors to perform their primary functions of running their states and not this obsession with President Jonathan by governor Amaechi and his cohorts.
“My advice to them is that Nigerians and history will decide if President Jonathan has performed as President. This lowly behaviour will not win them any election.”