{"id":4173,"date":"2013-05-25T00:27:47","date_gmt":"2013-05-25T00:27:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/disnaija.com\/nigeria-news\/amaechi-wins-re-election-for-ngf-chair\/"},"modified":"2013-05-25T00:27:47","modified_gmt":"2013-05-25T00:27:47","slug":"amaechi-wins-re-election-for-ngf-chair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/disnaija.com\/amaechi-wins-re-election-for-ngf-chair\/","title":{"rendered":"Amaechi wins re-election for NGF chair"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Governor Rotimi Amaechi of oil rich Rivers State, has been re-elected by his colleagues to chair the Nigerian Governors Forum, despite speculations that Aso Rock planned to block him.<\/p>\n

In the election today in Abuja, he got 19 votes, while his opponent, Jonah Jang of Plateau State got 16 votes.<\/p>\n

Governor Isa Yuguda of Bauchi State and Ibrahim Shema of Katsina state were earlier rumoured to be in the race to topple the Rivers governor, who has been having a bumpy relationship with President Goodluck Jonathan. But in a run-up to the election, the Northern Governors Forum endorsed Jang as consensus candidate, after Shema and Yuguda refused to step down for each other.<\/p>\n

Yobe State governor, Ibrahim Geidam was absent at the election.<\/p>\n

Yobe State Governor, Ibrahim Geidam stayed away from the poll, there were indications that a governor might have stayed neutral.<\/p>\n

According to an insider, Amaechi won the poll at the first ballot.<\/p>\n

The insider said: \u201cAt the count of the ballot, Amaechi secured 19 votes against Jang\u2019s 16.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe verdict has been greeted with protest by pro-presidency governors. That is what we are now contending with. They want to stage a walk out.\u201d But anti-Amaechi governors were alleged to have threatened a protest march out of the poll venue, reported TheNation online.<\/p>\n

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