Professor
Itse Sagay, the chairman of the Presidential Advisory Council Against
Corruption PACAC, has advised President Buhari to sack the Minister of the
Niger Delta Ministry, Godswill Akpabio, following the startling revelations of
financial recklessness in the Niger Delta Development Commission NDDC at the
House of Representatives investigative panel.
Speaking in
an interview with Channels TV, Sagay said… ….
”IF I WERE
THE PRESIDENT, IF I WERE IN HIS SHOES, AND IF I WAS TO ADVICE HIM, I WOULD SAY
DISSOLVE THIS INTERIMCOMMITTEE, REMOVE THE MINISTER OF THE NIGER DELTA BECAUSE
HE IS NECK DEEP IN IT AND BRING IN FRESH PEOPLE, PROBABLY PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN
PROPERLY NOMINATED AND THEN INSTITUTE A VERY STRICT SYSTEM OF MONITORING
EXPENDITURE”
On the House
of Representatives decision to compel Akpabio to release the names of the
lawmakers he said have benefitted from contracts from the commission, Sagay
said.
”I THINK IT
IS A VERY HEALTHY DEVELOPMENT. THE SUSPICIONS HAVE BEEN STRONG FOR A LONG TIME
THAT MANY LAWMAKERS ARE NOT SATISFIED WITH THEIR OWN AND THEY WANT TO DO
BUSINESS WITH GOVERNMENT AND THAT THEY USE THEIR INFLUENCE TO ACQUIRE CONTRACTS
IN AREAS THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO BE PROVIDING SUPERVISIONS FOR.
THE SUSPICION
HAS BEEN ON FOR A VERY LONG TIME AND SOME NAMES HAVE BEEN MENTIONED IN THE PAST
AND THEY DENIED. SO I THINK THIS IS A VERY GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR THAT ISSUE TO
BE FINALLY SETTLED.
ONCE THE NAMES
ARE MENTIONED AND SPELT OUT, WE WOULD BE ABLE TO CONCLUDE AND KNOW THOSE WHO
ARE COMPORIMISING THEIR POSITIONS AS LEGISLATORS AND GETTING THEIR HANDS IN
AREAS IN WHICH THEY SHOULD BE PROVIDING A CLEANSING FOR SOCIETY BUT IF IT IS
FALSE, THEY WOULD HAVE CLEARED THEIR NAMES AND THEIR HONOR AND INTEGRITY WOULD
BE RESTORED”
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