{"id":3621,"date":"2013-05-14T01:25:26","date_gmt":"2013-05-14T01:25:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/disnaija.com\/nigeria-news\/amaechi-oshiomhole-shun-govs-meeting\/"},"modified":"2013-05-14T01:25:26","modified_gmt":"2013-05-14T01:25:26","slug":"amaechi-oshiomhole-shun-govs-meeting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/disnaija.com\/amaechi-oshiomhole-shun-govs-meeting\/","title":{"rendered":"Amaechi, Oshiomhole Shun Govs\u2019 Meeting"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Governor Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State and his Edo State counterpart, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole on Sunday shunned the South-South\/South-East Governors\u2019 meeting held in Asaba, the Delta State capital. During the summit the governors drummed up support for President Goodluck Jonathan\u2019s second term ambition.<\/p>\n

Although Amaechi, the Chairman of Nigeria Governors\u2019 Forum, was represented by his deputy, Tele Ikuru, Oshiomhole did not send any representative to the meeting.<\/p>\n

The absence of the Rivers State governor at the meeting further confirmed speculation that he was no longer in the good books of President Jonathan, thus deepening the political rivalry between the two political giants in the South-South region.<\/p>\n

Oshiomhole\u2019s absence from the meeting might not be unconnected with his romance with All Progressives Congress (APC), while his counterpart in the fledging party and Governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha who showed up close to the end of the meeting, joined in the post-meeting press briefing.<\/p>\n

Others at the meeting were all the South-East governors including Peter Obi (Anambra), Martin Elechi (Ebonyi), Theodore Orji (Abia) and Sullivan Chime (Enugu).<\/p>\n

The South-South governors present included the host, Emmanuel Uduaghan (Delta), Liyel Imoke (Cross River), Seriake Dickson (Bayelsa) and Godswill Akpabio (Akwa Ibom).<\/p>\n

In their 12-point communiqu\u00e9, the governors declared their support for President Jonathan\u2019s transformation agenda, adding that his focused leadership and bold result-yielding transformation agenda deserves the unwavering support of all Nigerians and friends of Nigeria alike.<\/p>\n

Chairman of South-South Governors\u2019 Forum, Liyel Imoke of Cross River State who read part of the communiqu\u00e9 said the meeting was geared towards economic and political integration of the two zones.<\/p>\n

\u2014Jethro Ibileke\/Asaba<\/em><\/p>\n

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