By Henry Umoru
ABUJA— THE prospects of a reconciliation of the two factions of the Nigerian Governors Forum, NGF, earlier fixed for today were on shaky grounds last night.

Today’s planned reconciliation which also envisaged the election of a new leadership for the body was under fire, yesterday, from the secretariat of the Jonah Jang-led faction of the body which comprises 16 of the nation’s 36 governors.

JANG’S NGF FACTION: Cross section of Jonah Jang’s faction of Nigeria Governors’ Forum at their first meeting in Abuja, yesterday. Photo: Gbemiga Olamikan.

The majority faction led by Governor Rotimi Amaechi had summoned the meeting for today with invitations to the 19 governors aligned with Governor Amaechi and the 16 aligned with Governor Jang.

Confirming the meeting scheduled to take place at the Rivers State Governor’s Lodge, Asokoro, Abuja at 8 pm, Director-General of NGF, Asishana Okauru told Vanguard that the governors would be presented with an update of the forum by the secretariat.

According to him, there would be alignment, reconciliation and a new leadership to be put in place.

Meanwhile, the Jang-led faction has kicked against the meeting, saying it was self-serving and an attempt to foist an unacceptable leadership on the body.

According to Osaro Onaiwu, the head of the secretariat of the Jang faction, the PDP governors would not attend the meeting on the claim that those convening the meeting were the same people that caused problems in the NGF leading.

Onaiwu who also rejected the role of the Director-General of the Amaechi-led NGF, Asishana Okauru, stressed that he has no right to write letters inviting the PDP governors to the meeting, adding that if such letters were to be written, he would have been the one to write them in conjunction with Okauru.

Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State, had earlier expressed his opposition to the meeting and made a strong case for the incoming governors to be sworn in first before the meeting, saying doing otherwise would deny the incoming governors an opportunity to partake in the selection of the leadership of the body.