Prof. Itse Sagay, Chairman of the
Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption, PACAC, on Wednesday frowned
at the nomination of former Senate Minority Leader, Godwill Akpabio as
Minister.
Sagay wondered why President
Muhammadu Buhari nominated Akpabio, despite his ongoing investigation for
corruption by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.
In a chat with Daily Independent,
the PACAC Chairman insisted that a government which has anti-corruption as one
of its major programmes, should not have nominated Akpabio for the role of a
Minister.
He also described most of the
nominees as excellent candidates and trusted hands.
According to Sagay: “I am very
happy about the excellent ministers that are appointed like Babatunde Fashola,
Rotimi Amaechi, Lai Mohammed, Adamu Adamu and Hadi Sirika. I am also happy
about the inclusion of the dynamic and highly resourceful Festus Keyamo, who is
very young and will add fresh energy and ideas into the team.
“Also, a lot of tested hands and
reliable political allies are also there who committed to carrying out the
programmes are also included such as George Akume, who is the leader of APC in
Benue.
“Altogether, I am happy even
though I don’t know many of the names from the North but the ones I know, I am
very happy about it.
“The only nominee I am not
satisfied with is Godswill Akpabio. I don’t know how he got into the list. That
is the only one I have a reservation about.
“You know when we have a
programme in which anti-corruption is number one, if anybody is under
investigation or not, I don’t think it is wise to include him in that list. But
the president knows why he did that. Apart from that, I am quite happy with the
list.”
Akpabio first came under
investigation in 2015 following accusations that he diverted over N100bn from
the oil-rich state between 2007 and 2015, an allegation which he has denied.
According to an interim report by
the EFCC, the former governor allegedly gave a bank N1.4bn for unknown reasons.
The former Akwa Ibom governor,
however, scaled through his screening without being questioned as Senators
urged him a take a bow and go because he was a former lawmaker.
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you said you are happy with the nominations of some of the ministers including mr lai mohammed mmmmm you really fail nigerians,go and settle your personal issue with Godswill Akpabio
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