WHAT JONATHAN, 5 NORTHERN GOVS DISCUSSED! Information as it that the meeting of five state governors from the northern part of the country with President Jonathan on Saturday was largely to discuss security issues. Sources, however, stated that a leg of the meeting was used to discuss the Rivers State crisis and that of the PDP, in line with the previous meetings of the five PDP governors with former president, Chief Obasanjo and former heads of state, Generals Babangida and Abdulsalami. Sources confirmed that the meeting with the president was aimed at intimating the governors of a security dimension being read in some quarters to some of the recent meetings held between them and some former leaders. A source said diverse interpretations were being ascribed to the meetings between the governors and Obasanjo, Abdusalami and that the governors decided to clear the air on their motives. The governors were also said to have told the president that their efforts were aimed at resolving the perceived logjam in the polity and that their findings were originally meant to be presented to him. Sources said the meeting aimed at resolving the Rivers crisis was just at the preliminary stages and that stakeholders were calling a comprehensive meeting in a short while. It was also gathered that the meeting reviewed the security situation in the three emergency states, whereby the president was able to let the governors into some details of security operations. Meanwhile, sources also said that the Federal Government has commenced a critical study of the provisions of Section 11(4 and 5) of the 1999 Constitution, as far as it relates to the powers of the National Assembly to take over state legislature. Presidential Adviser on Political Matters, Dr Ahmed Gulak, at the weekend, said the takeover of the functions of Rivers State assembly was hasty, adding that worst cases of crisis had happened in state assemblies in the past without National Assembly’s intervention.
Posted on: Mon, 29 Jul 2013 17:28:01 +0000
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