{"id":7029,"date":"2013-07-24T15:26:49","date_gmt":"2013-07-24T15:26:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/disnaija.com\/nigerian-newspapers\/how-i-will-rejoin-northern-governors-forum-suswam\/"},"modified":"2013-07-24T15:26:49","modified_gmt":"2013-07-24T15:26:49","slug":"how-i-will-rejoin-northern-governors-forum-suswam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/disnaija.com\/how-i-will-rejoin-northern-governors-forum-suswam\/","title":{"rendered":"How I will rejoin Northern Governors\u2019 Forum \u2013 Suswam"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Benue State Governor, Gabriel Suswam, on Wednesday gave conditions to be met before he would reconsider going back to the Northern States Governors\u2019 Forum (NSGF).<\/p>\n

In the wake of the crisis that engulfed the Nigeria Governors\u2019 Forum (NGF) in May, Suswam had renounced his membership of the NSGF as he believed that the NSGF leadership sold out in the NGF election which saw Rivers State Governor, Rotimi Amaechi retaining his chairmanship seat with 19 votes against Plateau Governor Jonah Jang\u2019s 16 votes.<\/p>\n

But speaking with State House correspondents at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, Suswam said that he would only return to the NSGF if it would begin to abide by decisions collectively reached by members.<\/p>\n

He said: \u201cI won\u2019t say that I vowed, I would better say that I have issues with the way that things are going. I believe that as a northerner and as one of the present leaders, we should as leaders be able to have confidence and have integrity enough for us to take a decision and follow it through. Once that is absent, I have an issue with that.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd if I establish that we can now jointly and collectively take a decision on behalf of the north and also on behalf of this country and stand by that decision, then I would have no problem. But for now, I have an issue and that issue to me is germane and as far as I am not satisfied that the issue had been addressed, I maintain my position,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Suswan, who was at the Villa to brief President Goodluck Jonathan on the measures being taken to stop the fatal crisis between farmers and Fulani herdsmen in Benue and Nasarawa States said that community committees have been set up in 14 local governments areas in the two states.<\/p>\n

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