APGA calls for scrapping of Nigeria Governors’ Forum

Victor Umeh, APGA National Chairman

The National Chairman of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Victor Umeh, on Tuesday in Abuja called for the scrapping of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF).

Mr. Umeh, who was reacting to the crisis that trailed last Friday’s chairmanship election of the forum, said “the existence of NGF has no constitutional basis’’.

The APGA chairman, who spoke on the sidelines of the launching of a book titled “The making of an oracle’’, said the forum was threatening democracy and peace in the country.

He accused the governors of losing touch with the realities in their respective states partly because of their insatiable crave for power both in their states and at the federal level.

Mr. Umeh said the excesses of the 36 governors should be checkmated by proscribing the forum before it causes further harm to the polity.

“We are tired of the activities of these 36 men who are tearing this whole country apart.

“The Nigerian Governors’ Forum has no place in the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and should therefore not be allowed to tear us apart.

“Let the forum be scrapped for peace to reign in this country,’’ the APGA chairman said.

Mr. Umeh said the governors, through the forum, had wielded so much power to the extent of abandoning their primary responsibilities to their constituents.