 |
| Governor Okowa. |
The Delta
state chapter of All Progressives Congress (APC) has called on the Governor
Ifeanyi Okowa to withdraw his assent to the bill on pension reforms to
accommodate an acting governor.
The party in
a statement signed by its state Publicity Secretary, Barr. Sylvester Imonina
described the bill as panacea for economic woe. “The Delta State chapter of the
APC wishes to state categorically that in line with plethora of judicial
pronouncements/authorities, anyone who occupies any position in acting capacity
in the governance of the State, is not recognized by the law as a substantive
holder of the office. It is on that premise that the Appellate Court threw out
several cases, wherein the legality/competence of former President Goodluck
Jonathan were challenged by some Nigerians,” barr Imonina stated.
Full text of
the Delta APC statement reads:
[11:06,
12/13/2019] Sylvester Imonima, APC: DELTA APC KICKS AGAINST PENSION REFORMS TO
ACCOMMODATE ACTING GOVERNOR
SAYS IT IS A
PANACEA FOR ECONOMIC WOE
The All Progressives
Congress (APC) in Delta State alerts Deltans on the anti-peoples' Executive
Bill that is currently before the State House of Assembly, which is at the
verge of being assented to by the Governor. The Bill is to enable the former
Speaker of the Assembly, Rt. Hon. Sam Obi, who acted as a Governor for less
than three months in 2011, becomes a beneficiary of the said law.
Deltans will
recall that after the nullification of Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan's election in
2011, in line with the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, as
amended, Hon. Sam Obi was sworn in to take charge of governance of Delta State,
pending the conduct of another election. It is worthy to note that the brief
stay of Hon. Sam Obi was shrouded in controversies of alleged shady deals!
The Delta
State chapter of the APC wishes to state categorically that in line with
plethora of judicial pronouncements/authorities, anyone who occupies any
position in acting capacity in the governance of the State, is not recognized
by the law as a substantive holder of the office. It is on that premise that
the Appellate Court threw out several cases, wherein the legality/competence of
former President Goodluck Jonathan were challenged by some Nigerians.
Aside the
above position of the law, the present PDP led Government of Delta State
complains of lack of funds for the execution of projects! This same Government,
because of her penchant for profligacy now wants to make their partner in
maladministration of the State, "super rich" at the expense of
majority of Deltans!
Despite the
uproar and condemnation of the amendment sought by the Governor of Delta State,
the State House of Assembly, today, the 11th of December, 2019, cowardly and
shamelessly granted the request of the Governor by amending the said law
because of the interest of only one person. This is heartlessness.
The APC, and
the downtrodden Deltans call on Mr. Governor to have a rethink and withdraw his
assent to that law amended/passed today by the House of Assembly. Deltans are
watching to see if the Governor had not conquered shame. If he had conquered
shame, then, let him sign that amended Bill into law. Posterity will judge him.
Meanwhile,
if the Governor does the unthinkable by signing that Bill into law, PDP Government should be ready to have
barrage of litigations in respect of same. Deltans and civil societies are
watching.
Signed:
Barr. Ogheneluemu Sylvester Imonina,
Publicity
Secretary, APC, Delta State.
11th
December, 2019.
No comments:
Post a Comment