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President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday evening met behind
closed door with state governors from the Northern part of the country.
The meeting which started at about 9.30pm was held at the
Presidential Villa, Abuja and had Vice President Namadi Sambo in attendance.
Northern governors who attended the meeting included Sule
Lamido (Jigawa), Rabiu Kwankwaso (Kano), Idris Wada (Kogi), Seidu Dakingari
(Kebbi), and Babangida Aliyu (Niger).
Others are Tanko Al-Makura (Nasarrawa), Patrick Yakowa (Kaduna),
Jona Jang (Plateau), Isa Yuguda, Ibrahim Geidam (Yobe), Kashim Shettima
(Borno), (Bauchi) and Gabriel Suswam (Benue).
Adamawa, Kwara, Zamfara, Gombe and Katsina State governors
were represented by their deputies.
Our correspondent gathered that issues relating to amendment
of the Constitution would take a centre stage at the meeting.
Specifically, a source said the meeting would look at the
call for the abrogation of the
onshore/offshore dichotomy being spearheaded by the northern governors.
Issues bordering on the agitation for state police was also
said to be on the meeting’s agenda.
Apart from the constitution ammendment, another source said
the President might use the meeting to test the water ahead of the 2015
presidential election. Secretary to the
Government of the Federation, Anyim Pius Anyim; Chief of Staff to the
President, Mike Oghiadomhe; and Special Adviser to the President on Political
Matters, Ahmed Gulak, also attended the meeting.
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