Thirteen Peoples Democratic Party members of the House of Representatives from Rivers State on Friday protested the nomination of Mr. Rotimi Amaechi for appointment as a minister by submitting a petition to the Office of the President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki.
Amaechi, the immediate past governor of the state, is among the 21 ministerial nominees President Muhammadu Buhari forwarded to the Senate last week.
The list was unveiled by Saraki on Tuesday this week.
The petition by the Rivers legislators is among the rising number of petitions against the former governor, a development that may cause a rowdy session in the days ahead as senators begin the screening of the nominees.
In the petition, the legislators called on the Senate to disqualify Amaechi on the grounds of having several corruption allegations against him.
The petition, dated October 6, alleged among others, that Amaechi unlawfully sold government property during his tenure as a governor and that he showed disrespect for the rule of law.
The petitioners are Betty Apiafi; Kingsley Chinda; Gogo Tamuno; Kenneth Chikere; Blessing Nsiegbe; Jacobson Nbina; Dumnamene Dekor; Awaji – Inombek Abiante; Uche Obi; Randolph Brown; Boniface Emerengwa; Jerome Eke; and Boma Goodhead.
The petition partly read, “We, the Rivers State Caucus of the House of Representatives, have read with concern and utter disappointment, the nomination by President Muhammadu Buhari of Mr. Rotimi Amaechi as Rivers’ ministerial nominee and we deem it necessary to place on record that we vehemently protest the said nomination of Mr. Amaechi.
“We believe that the war against corruption should be complete, total and nobody with a taint of corruption should be allowed to hold public office, not even on sympathy or compensatory grounds.
“This is the reason the country waited patiently for about four months for Mr. President to painstakingly and very meticulously choose persons that are without blemish.”
The lawmakers referred to the judicial commission of inquiry set up by the state government to investigate the sale of public property, noting that in spite of the allegations levelled against Amaechi, he did not appear before the panel to clear himself. Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everyday
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If Rotimi Amaechi was to have remain in PDP would you have been protesting today? This man remains my Hero....he has come out to say no monies are missing, if you feel otherwise take me to a constitutional court, and I will go there to defend myself.... you don't expect Amaechi to appear in a kangaroo machination set up by Wike just to mess him up and expect a just job?....... take him to court he has said and stop making a mockery of the entire exercise..... First of all asked GEJ why he depleted Rivers state allocation to a point where Amaechi could not pay Salaries, all in the name of political vendetta.... governor Amaechi was fighting his battles armed with figures to present to a constitutional court not a charade set up to ridicule him..... So take him to a constitutional court and stop playing to a non-existing gallery bc Nigerians knows the truth!!!
ReplyDeleteI would hv preferred PMB to picked Amechi as SGF.
ReplyDeleteThat is exactly what they are doing. It looks like you have turn to be the court that have discharge and acquitted him? He has refused to appear before the court if you don't know. I believed the evidence against him is huge.
ReplyDeleteJonathan/ PDP give back River state oil wells to Rivers that was Amaechi crime
ReplyDelete"We believe that the war against corruption should be complete, total and nobody with a taint of corruption should be allowed to hold public office, not even on sympathy or compensatory grounds" .
ReplyDeleteIf truly u believe in the above statement, then ask saraki to also step down. He is also with a taint of corruption.
For the fact that Saraki is still in office and he is going to screen the ministers nominees. I wonder how and when Buhari is going to fight curruption . Or his he fighting only the corruption carried out in NNPC ???? APC should act and stop blabbing.
ReplyDeletePMB needs someonne like Amaechi to tame the enemies of his govt from Niger Delta. Amaechi will sail through all these hurdles. All these allegations are because they are afraid of him.
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