The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN),
Lagos State chapter, has accused the Presidency of being the brain
behind the crisis in the Nigeria Governors’ Forum.
The party made the accusation in a statement by its Publicity Secretary, Joe Igbokwe, on Monday.
It alleged that President Goodluck Jonathan, through his approval of the Jonah Jang’s faction of the Forum, had shown “he had a hand in the crisis.”
The ACN said, “Even as it had come out to issue a denial of being involved in this crisis, we are all aware that the NGF crisis was began in the Presidency. We all know that the Presidency wrote and forced down the scripts of the present crisis on governors whom it factored would procure the division or ultimate destruction of the NGF for its self-serving interests.
“We all knew that in every stage of the NGF crisis, the Presidency is an active participant and it was to remove all shreds of doubts on these when it went round to offer recognition to the losing Jang faction.”
It further alleged that the Presidency in a bid “to conquer and annex” the NGF, embarked on a campaign of calumny against the Rivers State Governor and chairman of the Forum, Rotimi Amaechi, over an unfounded speculation that he was eyeing the vice presidency.
The party said through the action, the Presidency was creating doubts in the minds of Nigerians on the future of democracy in the country.
ACN decried the “affront on the country’s conscience and a distortion of democracy to benefit a small cabal that neither believes in democracy nor are desirous of its growth in the country.”
It urged Nigerians to rise up and challenge those that took “liberty with their democratic rights to plunge the country deeper into crisis by their repeated acts of illegality and impunity” as in NGF’s situation.
The party made the accusation in a statement by its Publicity Secretary, Joe Igbokwe, on Monday.
It alleged that President Goodluck Jonathan, through his approval of the Jonah Jang’s faction of the Forum, had shown “he had a hand in the crisis.”
The ACN said, “Even as it had come out to issue a denial of being involved in this crisis, we are all aware that the NGF crisis was began in the Presidency. We all know that the Presidency wrote and forced down the scripts of the present crisis on governors whom it factored would procure the division or ultimate destruction of the NGF for its self-serving interests.
“We all knew that in every stage of the NGF crisis, the Presidency is an active participant and it was to remove all shreds of doubts on these when it went round to offer recognition to the losing Jang faction.”
It further alleged that the Presidency in a bid “to conquer and annex” the NGF, embarked on a campaign of calumny against the Rivers State Governor and chairman of the Forum, Rotimi Amaechi, over an unfounded speculation that he was eyeing the vice presidency.
The party said through the action, the Presidency was creating doubts in the minds of Nigerians on the future of democracy in the country.
ACN decried the “affront on the country’s conscience and a distortion of democracy to benefit a small cabal that neither believes in democracy nor are desirous of its growth in the country.”
It urged Nigerians to rise up and challenge those that took “liberty with their democratic rights to plunge the country deeper into crisis by their repeated acts of illegality and impunity” as in NGF’s situation.
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