Amaechi advises Incoming Governors To Sustain Unity in Governors Forum
Opeyemi Oladunjoye
Rivers state Governor, Chibuike Amaechi, has urged incoming governors to protect the Governors Forum from any intended division by external forces.
While speaking at a church service to mark his 50th birthday at Corpus Christi Cathedral, Port Harcourt, Governor Amaechi claimed that discrepancies in the Federation account started when the governor’s forum became divided.
He said: “May God bless all the governors. For the new ones coming in, please do not let anybody break the Nigeria Governors Forum.
“It was after the Nigeria Governors Forum became divided that money began to miss in the country. When we were there, we would go and meet the President that some money was missing and we would not agree until the money was returned.”
He went on to thank some of his fellow governors and urged the incoming governors to co-operate with President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari, as he intends to transform the country.
“Let me thank the Governor of Edo for standing by me at the heat of the moment when my friends from the South-South left me. Oshiomhole told me `I am not standing by you on party lines, but on principles’.”
He also commended the people of the state for giving him the opportunity to serve them and thanked the former governor of the state, Dr Peter Odili, for giving him the opportunity to serve his administration.
