{"id":16287,"date":"2013-08-13T03:39:01","date_gmt":"2013-08-13T02:39:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=16287"},"modified":"2013-08-13T03:39:01","modified_gmt":"2013-08-13T02:39:01","slug":"ngf-amaechi-jang-may-step-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/ngf-amaechi-jang-may-step-down\/","title":{"rendered":"NGF: Amaechi, Jang may step down"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8230;Yuguda plots to become chairman<\/p>\n<p>Rivers State governor, Hon. Chibuike Amaechi and his colleague in Plateau State, Jonah Jang may be persuaded to give up their disputed chairmanship of the Nigeria Governors&#8217; Forum (NGF), to pave way for a &#8220;neutral&#8221; candidate.<\/p>\n<p>All the governors elected on the platform of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) were locked in a meeting with President Goodluck Jonathan, as at the time of this report.<\/p>\n<p>Pointblanknews.com gathered that the campaign to get Amaechi and Jang step down was the brainchild of Bauchi State governor, Mallam Isa Yuguda.<\/p>\n<p>According to the sources, Yuguda had long nursed the ambition to head NGF, and the lingering dispute over the leadership of the body may have provided the governor a golden opportunity.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;During the contested election, Yuguda voted against Jang. Shortly afterwards, he pretended to align with the Plateau governor. 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