SUSWAM PULLS OUT OF NORTHERN STATES GOVERNORS FORUM

Governor Gabriel Suswam of Benue State yesterday formally announced his withdrawal from the Northern States Governors Forum (NSGF).
The Governor who bared his mind on the crisis currently rocking the Nigeria Governors forum at a press conference held in Makurdi said the controversy at the last election of the NGF has polarized the unity of the 19 northern governors.

He said this is because the governors no longer trust themselves following what transpired at the election saying he aligns himself with the position taken by Malam Isa Yuguda of Bauchi to pull out of the NSGF.

Yuguda of Bauchi had last week announced that he was pulling out of the NSGF saying he could no longer attend the meeting of the forum until those that defied the agreement of the forum to vote Governor Jonah Jang explain why they did not abide by the resolution of the forum.

Suswam expressed disgust at the level of betrayal by some of his colleagues in the north who he said consensually adopted Governor Jang but turned out to be treacherous at the end of the day.

“The northern governors’ forum is polarized because it is no longer conducive for us to sit as one in such meeting where a collective decision is taken and some people go out to do something else. We no longer trust ourselves,” Suswam stressed.

He reiterated his commitment to the Governor Jang led faction of the Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF), insisting that Jang remains the rightful chairman of the forum.
He said Governor Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers state exhibited the highest level of desperation and that “anybody else parading himself as such is deceiving himself”, he said.

 Culled from www.dailytrust.com.ng/index.php/politics/56880-suswam-pulls-out-of-northern-governors-forum

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