[size=18pt]Amaechi, Jang, Others Attend Jonathan’s Dinner[/size]




For the first time since the election that  caused a division in  the Nigeria Governors’ Forum, almost all the 36 state governors converged on the Presidential Villa, Abuja on Wednesday for a   mid-term dinner organised by President Goodluck Jonathan.

The two main antagonists in the NGF crisis Governor Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State, who won the  May 24 election of the forum and Governor Jonah Jang of Plateau State, who leads a faction of the group- attended the event.

Although Jang and members of his faction were already seated before the arrival of the President which signalled the commencement of the dinner, Amaechi and his loyalists arrived at the same time shortly after the event had started.

A mild drama however played out when Amaechi, who cancelled a meeting of the NGF earlier scheduled for 8pm on Wednesday,  joined the table where Governor Godswill Akpabio of Akwa Ibom State and others were already seated.

In the process of exchanging pleasantries, Amaechi was heard pointing to Akpabio and saying, “No, you can never be a democrat.”

Some governors in the Amaechi faction were initially  seated among journalists at the back of the hall before they were  ushered in   to the front where seats were reserved for them.

The other  governors  in attendance were  those of Niger, Lagos, Nasarawa, Imo, Edo, Adamawa, Zamfara, Ogun, Kano, Ekiti and Jigawa.

Others were the governors of  Sokoto, Cross River, Bauchi, Abia, Plateau, Kogi, Ebonyi , Ondo, Delta, Anambra and Kaduna states.

The  acting governor of Taraba State and the deputy governors of Bayelsa, Kwara, Katsina, Benue and Gombe States were also in attendance.

Speaker of the House of Representatives, Alhaji Aminu Tambuwwal, was however  absent at the dinner attended by the President of the Senate, David Mark; and his deputy, Ike Ekweremadu.

The dinner was still ongoing at the time of filing this report.

Before the cancellation  of the NGF meeting, some of the Pro-Amaechi governors had converged on the Rivers State Governor’s Lodge, Asokoro, where they took the final decision to  attend the dinner.

In a brief chat with journalists before they moved to the Villa, Amaechi said “We have shifted the meeting to honour the invitation sent to us for dinner by the President. We would have loved to meet, but we have to honour the President’s invitation.

chei: I don't know why we all care to bother about these thieves.
Amaechi has received about 2 trillion naira from the FG since he became governor six years ago, same with akpabio.

What have they done with the money?

dayokanu: Now it has been shown again that Amaechi is more matured than Retardeen Jonathan and his clique

This clearly shows that the Amaechi faction is more cerebral than the Jang faction But what do you expect from a faction headed by Jang with the backing of the most clueless President ever produced

bbpreye.:


Nigerians don't know what they want at all! the north has been ruling us from time immemorial, just when my MENTOR, PRESIDENT GOODLUCK EBELE JONATHAN is leading us to the promised land, you now want another aboki to contine opressing you again.

Shame on You!
Shame on all of you!

My mentor GEJ will win in 2015 and more fresh air which these aboki cow dung stench has made ya'll not to enjoy will blow around Nigeria. May God frgive you all for calling your Father's age mate useless names!

Rubbish..

dayokanu: Now it has been shown again that Amaechi is more matured than Retardeen Jonathan and his clique

This clearly shows that the Amaechi faction is more cerebral than the Jang faction But what do you expect from a faction headed by Jang with the backing of the most clueless President ever produced

ewet: Even the president culd not get to have all the 36 govs to be present including the speaker. It is obvious all is not well. Amaechi is really having a early lead in his battle with GEJ. And he has again won my heart.

GEJ shuld please learn and learn fast he must. He is loosing ASO ROCK.

jhydebaba: How can I attend the dinner

I've not eaten for days.

maclatunji:

GEJ is your mentor? No wonder...

LastApostle: The initial plan of the Amaechi group was to humiliate the president by boycotting the presidential dinner and proceeds with their meetings. But it seems their attendance didn't reflect the voting pattern so they decided to play a fast one: attending the presidential dinner in unison and using that as an excuse to postpone their meetings.

Jonathan achieved what he wanted.
Jonathan 1 VS Amaechi 0.