The Presidency on Monday insisted that President Goodluck Jonathan did not sign any agreement with any individual or group that he would serve just one term in office. The Special Adviser to the President on Political Matters, Ahmed Gulak, said this in a interview with certainly one of our correspondents in Abuja.
Gulak was reacting to a statement credited to the spokesman of the Arewa Consultative Forum, Anthony Sani, on Monday.
Sani had said that the crisis in the ruling Peoples Democratic Party will be resolved if Jonathan respected agreements he entered into with stakeholders prior to the 2011 elections.
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He was commenting on the visits of five governors – Rabiu Musa Kwakwanso (Kano), Muritala Nyako (Adamawa); Babangida Aliyu (Niger); Sule Lamido (Jigawa) and Aliyu Wamakko (Sokoto) – to Jonathan and some past leaders.
He'd said, “Our comprehension of the G-5 governors is that they desire governors to be carried along in the management of these party; they desire internal democracy and they desire a finish to divisions within the party, and for President Jonathan to respect agreements he entered into voluntarily with stakeholders.”
The Niger State governor had a few months ago claimed that the President, prior to the 2011 elections, signed an agreement that he would serve just one term of four years.
But Gulak told certainly one of our correspondents that he had challenged Aliyu to produce a copy of the agreement and the governor had not had the oppertunity to take up the process, seven months after.
He said, “Rather than insisting on an agreement that does not exist – since anyone can contest for the greatest office in the land, those people who are so interested should declare their interest and contest.
Commenting through his Director of Press, Ahmad Sajo, Adamawa State governor said he and his four colleagues did not discuss a single-term agreement with Jonathan if they met with him recently.
He added that their discussion was only based on the crisis in the PDP.
Sajo stated, “The governors did not discuss anything about single term agreement with the President. As governors, they are free to meet with the President to talk about their state of the nation because they have responsibilities for their states.
When contacted, the Senior Special Assistant to the Sokoto State Governor, Sani Umar, said he was not aware that his principal met with the President.
He said when they met, he did not know very well what they discussed.
The Chief Press Secretary to the Kano State Governor, Aliyu Dantiye, couldn't be reached for comment as he declined picking calls to his phone. A text delivered to him did not deliver as of press time.
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