President Goodluck Jonathan has said that the governors fighting him and abusing him did not mean well for their states, since he is in control of the center, in what many feel is a veiled reference to Rivers State Governor Amaechi.
The President made the remarks whilst receiving a delegation of Anambra State citizens who were at the villa to thank the President for the support he gave to Peter Obi during his tenure.
The President said, “Peter Obi worked very hard as a governor, very friendly to the government.
“He is a member of our Economic Management Team and an honorary adviser to the President on Finance and Commerce and he worked very hard, attended all the meetings and made very meaningful contributions.
“Even the day we announced that he might be leaving, the suggestion was that we should still keep him even if he is no longer the governor of Anambra State. That is the relationship we had. I have to thank Governor Peter Obi for that good relationship.
“A number of politicians feel that the best thing to do is to be abusing Mr. President, abusing the Federal Government and so on.
“You are elected to develop your state, I think the best thing is to have good relationship with the centre, whether you have a pin or you don’t have but one day it will come. Wearing boxing gloves, jumping into the boxing ring to face Mr. President does not help the development of any state.”
President Jonathan also promised to work well with Obi’s successor, Wilie Obiano, who takes over on March 17th.
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