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Nigeria: Governors Are Not Against PDP Governors' Forum - Nyako

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Incumbent chair Governor Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi

Gov. Murtala Nyako of Adamawa on Tuesday dismissed claims that some Governors of the People's Democratic Party (PDP) were opposed to the formation of a PDP Governors' Forum.

Media reports alleged on Tuesday that some PDP Governors had misunderstanding at a meeting in Abuja over the formation of the PDP Governors' Forum.

A meeting of the PDP Governors last Sunday, gave rise to the formation of a PDP Governors' Forum, with Gov. Godswill Akpabio of Akwa Ibom emerging as its Chairman.

Nyako, however, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja that all the PDP Governors supported the formation of the PDP Governors' forum, whose birth, he said, was merely "a PDP affairs".

The Adamawa governor, therefore, advised opposition groups against making uncomplimentary remarks or comments on the matter.

"Nobody was opposed to the formation of the PDP Governors' Forum. Nobody was opposed to the formation; no PDP Governor was opposed to the formation of the PDP Governors' Forum.

"It is a good idea now. (The) Others have their own forums too.

"We should discuss some of the things, perhaps the apparent misunderstanding or crises. Maybe if we had PDP Governors' Forum we would have sorted things out. It would not have come out as a national issue at all. It is a PDP matter; we are finished with it."

Nyako, who was sighted together with the National Chairman of the PDP, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur, at the State House after a closed door meeting with Vice President Namadi Sambo, frowned at media report claiming that he had unsettled political differences in Adamawa with the PDP Chairman.

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