Our are governor is the news again. FACTIONAL chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF), Governor Jonah Jang, has accused his rival, Governor Rotimi Amaechi, of incitement following Amaechi’s NGF recent call for the probing of the President Goodluck Jonathan-led administration over the alleged missing $48.9 billion from the account of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC).
He said the Amaechi’s communique issued after a meeting of his NGF last week Wednesday was an attempt to turn Nigerians against the Federal Government.
After the meeting in Abuja, the Amaechi’s faction had urged the National Assembly to institute a comprehensive independent forensic probe on the issue of missing money, as it believed that the money was not paid into the Federation Account.
It also accused the administration of breaching the provision of the constitution by not holding consultations with the states before submitting the Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) to the National Assembly.
Similarly, the factional NGF pointed out that Jonathan had failed to convene meetings of statutory institutions, including National Economic Council (NEC), the Council of State, the Nigeria Police Council and the Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC).
The communique, signed by Amaechi, had also noted that the current security challenges facing the nation were not unconnected to the president’s refusal to convene the meetings of the statutory institutions.
It said: “We, accordingly, call on the National Assembly to institute a comprehensive independent forensic audit by an international reputable firm. We fear that the recent decline of state revenues is not unconnected with the financial diversion....”
But in a statement made available to the media in Abuja on Wednesday, Jang described Amaechi’s communique as “frivolous and inciting.”
According to Nigerian tribune
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