CONCERNED by the festering relationship between President Goodluck Jonathan and the Rivers State governor, Chibuike Amaechi, the Amanyanabo of Kalabari Kingdom, Prof. Theophilus  Princewill, has called for reconciliation.

The monarch who made the call said though he might not known the background or the dynamics of the face-off between the president and the governor, the fact that both of them are from the Niger Delta makes it imperative for the two leaders to mend the fence.

He spoke when he led a delegation of Kalabari people to pledge their support for Amaechi at the Government House in Port Harcourt yesterday.

Amanyanabo who observed that a frosty relationship currently exists between Jonathan and Amaechi, offered to arbitrate in any political misunderstanding the governor might have had with the president and other Nigerians.

“May we quickly congratulate you on your re-election as chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum, while appealing to your colleagues and indeed all other Nigerians and the media to see how all the contending issues can be resolved amicably in the interest of the nation. For us as Kalabari people, we can confidently say that despite all odds, you have provided visionary and purposeful leadership for the state,” Princewill said.

Amaechi thanked them for the solidarity visit and support, saying “I will finish the projects that I have started in the Kalabari area. My administration will complete the Trans-Kalabari road that will get to Bakana.”

He promised to build a primary healthcare centre in Bille and construct a model secondary school in Buguma and Akuku-Toru when the people provide the land for the projects. He said his administration would build a world-class referral general hospital in Degema also in the Kalabari kingdom when the people provide the land.