Governors reunite to fight Okonjo-Iweala

The nation’s governors, yesterday, put aside the two-year feud that factionalised the Nigeria Governors Forum, NGF, and demanded an account of the estimated $20 billion they claimed accrued to the Excess Crude Account, ECA, while the NGF crisis lasted.

The demand which was directed at the Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, was immediately rebuffed by the minister, who asked the governors to seek clarification from their finance commissioners.

Rising from the meeting which commenced late on Monday and ended in the wee hours of yesterday, the governors urged the minister to explain the circumstances surrounding the money that accrued to the ECA between June 2013 and April 2015.

Reading a communiqué at the end of the meeting which started 9 pm and ended 1am, the outgoing chairman, Governor Amaechi announced that Governor Yari was adopted as chairman of the body to serve for one year from May 2015 to May 2016…