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China Daily | Updated: 2010-02-06 07:25
State governors back VP
Nigeria's powerful state governors said on Friday that Vice President Goodluck Jonathan should become acting president and they would urge parliament to pass a resolution to that effect next week.
The governors of Nigeria's 36 states are highly influential figures, some of them controlling budgets larger than those of neighboring countries, and are key players in party conventions at which presidential candidates are chosen.
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