The of Nigeria Governors’s
Forum, NGF on Monday, May 18, 2015 asked the Minister of Finance and
Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo- Iweala to as a matter
of urgency account for the money that were accruable to the Excess Crude
Account which they put at over $ 20 billion.
Rising from a meeting in Abuja
yesterday, the Governors urged the minister to explain how much of this money
entered the said account in three years from June 2013 to April 2015, adding
that funds in the excess crude were last disbursed in May 2103.
Reading a Communiqué at the end
of the meeting which started 9pm and ended 1am, Chairman of NGF and governor of
Rivers State, Governor Rotimi Amaechi announced the election of governor
Abdullazeez Yari of Zamfara State as the new Chairman of the forum for a period
of one year from May 2015 to May 2016 through consensus.
The Governors at the meeting
which took place at the Lagos/ Osun Hall of Transcorp Hilton, Abuja, also
approved the establishment of a Governors’ Forum Academy to be tagged the NGF
Leadership Academy that would be responsible for capacity building of Governors
and other officials holding public office and to be overseen by the secretariat
of NGF.
According to the Governors,
there would be an induction course for new and returning Governors June, 2015
aimed at equipping them with knowledge of global and best practices
establishing and running their offices.
The Governors who congratulated
the President- elect, Muhammadu Buhari on the March 28 Presidential election
victory, also hailed President Goodluck Jonathan for his statesmanship in
accepting the outcome of the elections.
The Communique reads, ” We are
hereby reconciled and reunited as a single umbrella association of the 36 State
Governors of Nigeria regardless of party or region.
“Forum Congratulates the
President- elect, Muhammadu Buhari on his victory in the recent presidential
election which was held on March 28, 2015 and President Goodluck Jonathan for
his statesmanship in accepting the outcome of the elections.
“In light of the fact that
Funds in the Excess Crude were disbursed in May 2013, there is need for the
Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-
Iweala to provide explanation for accruals to this account from June 2013 to
April 2015 which is estimated at over $ 20 billion.”
It would be recalled that
Amaechi who chaired one of the factions, was first elected Chairman of NGF in
2011 when he took over from former Kwara State governor and now Chairman,
Senate Committee on Environment and Ecology, Senator Bukola Saraki.
It will be recalled that amidst
political intrigues, speculations, scheming, backstabbing and character
assassination, the governor of Rivers State and Chairman, Nigeria Governor’s
Forum, NGF, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi was re-elected as Chairman of the Forum in
May 2013.
Amaechi polled 19 votes to
defeat governor Jonah Jang of Plateau State, the only governor who contested
with him to score 16.
The Nigeria Governors’ Forum
which was established to among others, provide a forum for discussion and
exchange of ideas, help strengthen and promote Nigeria’s federal system and
promote understanding among state governors.
In Attendance at yesterday’s
meeting were
1. Godswill Akpabio of Akwa
Ibom
2. Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers
3. Adams Oshiomhole of Edo
4. Rauf Aregbosola of Osun
4. Muazu Babangida Aliyu of
Niger
5. Ramallan Yero of Kaduna
6. Saidu Dankigari of Kebbi
7.Emmanuel Uduaghan of Delta
8. Deputy governor of kano and
governor- Elect, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje
9. Kashim Shettima of Borno
10. Deputy governor of Kogi,
Yomi Awoniyi
11. Isa Yuguda of Bauchi
12. Deputy governor of Nasarawa
State
13. Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo
14. Governor- Elect of Akwa
Ibom, Emmanuel Udom
15. Deputy governor of Imo
State
16. Abdulfatih Ahmed of Kwara
17. Abdullazeez Yari of Zamfara
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