Amaechi visits NGF secretariat, vows not to step down

by Isi Esene

The Rivers  State governor, Rotimi Amaechi has declared his intention not to step down as the chairman of the Nigeria Governors Forum.

Amaechi who visited the NGF secretariat on Tuesday assured the workers that the ongoing crisis bedevilling the group will not affect their work, neither will it affect their salaries.

The governor had contested the chairmanship of the NGF with his Plateau state counterpart, Jonah Jang who garnered sixteen votes to Amaechi’s nineteen.

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Stressing that there can never be two secretariats of NGF, he called on the Jang-led faction to bury the hatchet and come back to the fold for the interest of the country’s development and the Nigerians masses.

On whether he will step down, he said: “No, No, No. That is a mandate that was freely given and I would stick to that mandate.”

“The election has come and gone, like I said after the election… It was a test for democracy and democracy won at the end of the day. All we can do as democrats that were elected by the people is to uphold democracy and stand by democracy.”

“I honestly do not know why the disagreement, I don’t know why. I believe that my brothers and colleagues would see reason why we should stop distracting the country and get the country united to focus on development because at the end of the day it is about legacy. It is about what we would leave behind for the people,” he added.