President Goodluck Jonathan on Monday, revealed that he actively encouraged and was a beneficiary of last year's factionalisation of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum, NGF.
Jonathan said the North central zone helped him out when Amaechi's faction of the governors' forum was becoming a problem.
He made this known while speaking to leaders and stakeholders of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) from North Central geographical zone who paid him a solidarity visit at the Presidential Villa.
President Jonathan said it was the zone that saved him from embarrassment at a time when the governors' forum was becoming a monster.
"When the Governors’ Forum became a monster and we had a lot of challenges, it was the North Central that came on board to stabilize the governors’ forum.
"The way some of the governors talk and behave, if 50 percent of the governors behave that way, probably, we would have vacated this place and allow others to come and manage it for us. But they (the North Central) have been able to help to stabilize the whole country," he said.
He commended the zone for saving him and his office by producing governor David Jonah Jang of Plateau state to lead the Forum.
The President who also noted that the North Central zone has been able to produce great and patriotic leaders promised to continue to work with the zone and encourage the people to be more supportive.
The forum had become factionalised last year when Governor Godswill Akpabio of Akwa Ibom State led 16 other Governors to form a rival NGF, after they lost the election to produce the Chairman of the Forum to the main faction led by Governor Rotimi Amaechi.
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