BENIN — MAJORITY Leader of Edo State House of Assembly, Mr. Philip Shaibu, has described the alleged involvement of the Presidency in the crisis rocking the Nigeria Governors’ Forum as diversionary and urged the Presidency to tackle the security and developmental problems facing the country and allow governors choose their leader.
Also, Coalition to Save Nigeria, CSN, led by Dr Philip Ugbodaga, has described the crisis as a shame, saying that “what happened at the NGF election is disheartening and speaks volumes about what to expect in 2015. It is not surprising that a body consisting of only 36 Nigerian governors is unable to conduct an election to change its leadership. The show of shame that played out is symptomatic of the general electoral immaturity that has characterised our electoral history since independence.”
Shaibu, while congratulating Governor Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State, over his re-election as Chairman of NGF, reminded Governor Jonah Jang of Plateau State that the country was bigger than any political party, and admonished him to accept the result of the election rather than create unnecessary tension.
“Nigeria has grown above the politics of do or die. The problem of industrialisation, unemployment should occupy us more,” he said.
Source: Vanguard
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