Wednesday, 30 October 2013

Meeting with Jonathan ’ll decide our next move – Rebel govs

Chairman, Northern Governors’ Forum, Dr. Muazu Babangida AliyuChairman Northern States Governors Forum, Dr. Babangida Aliyu, has said the outcome of discussions between aggrieved Peoples Democratic Party governors and President Goodluck Jonathan; hold the key to the group’s next move.
Aliyu, who is also the Governor of Niger State, said this while hosting leaders of the Nigeria Civil Service Union, in his office in Minna, on Tuesday.
The governor also used the occasion to debunk media reports that he had pulled out of the group of seven aggrieved PDP governors.
He described the media report as the handiwork of his detractors who would stop at nothing to break the ranks of the rebel governors.
He said the report which claimed that he had withdrawn from the group because he did not attend the last meeting was an act of mischief.
Aliyu said, “This is not the time for anyone to pull out of the party when out of respect for the office of the President, and the President himself, we are discussing.
“There is no way you can wake up and say you are pulling out when you are already negotiating. You cannot pull out at this moment. The time for decision to be taken will be when we have concluded discussion with the President.”
He explained that he was shocked to read in the papers that he had pulled out of the group in which he remains a leading figure.

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