{"id":4062,"date":"2013-05-22T20:25:04","date_gmt":"2013-05-22T20:25:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/disnaija.com\/nigeria-news\/amaechi-seeks-re-election-as-chairman-of-ngf\/"},"modified":"2013-05-22T20:25:04","modified_gmt":"2013-05-22T20:25:04","slug":"amaechi-seeks-re-election-as-chairman-of-ngf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/disnaija.com\/amaechi-seeks-re-election-as-chairman-of-ngf\/","title":{"rendered":"Amaechi seeks re-election as chairman of NGF"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Governor Rotimi Amaechi of Nigeria’s Rivers state will know on Friday if he will continue to lead Nigeria’s 36 State Governors as they meet to elect a new chairman and deputy chairman for their association, the Nigerian Governors\u2019Forum (NGF).<\/p>\n

Though the Rivers State Governor has indicated that he will re- contest for election as the Chairman of NGF, the Presidency is said not to be favourably disposed to his return to the position.<\/p>\n

Rather, the Presidency is said to be supporting Mallam Isa Yuguda, Governor of Bauchi State as successor to Amaechi.<\/p>\n

The notice for the election was sent to the Governors by the Director General of the secretariat of the NGF, Asishana Okauru on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

The date was rescheduled following claims by some governors that they didn\u2019t get the notice in which the election was previously slated for Thursday.<\/p>\n

The NGF secretariat advised the governors interested in contesting for the positions of chairman and vice-chairman to submit their notices of intent to run for the posts before Friday.<\/p>\n

Other issues to be addressed at the meeting include the vacant seats on the board of trustees of the NGF to be filled by one person each from the north-central, north-eastern, south-western and south-eastern zones, and two from the north-western zone.<\/p>\n

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