Amaechi/Senate Budget Controversy
Don’t Resign, PDP Tells Amaechi
The Rivers State chapter of the Peoples
Democratic Party, PDP has called on the Minister of Transportation, Chibuike Rotimi
Amaechi not to heed the call by the National Assembly to apologize for his
mischievous flippancy or resign from office.
The State PDP hinges its position on the high
regard the All Progressives Congress, APC led federal government has for him as
an indispensable asset and his taunted closeness to the Presidency.
The State PDP Chiarman, Bro. Felix Obuah
wondered why a mere controversy over a ministry’s budget that is an
infinitesimal part of the 2016 budget proposal should warrant the call for
Amaechi’s resignation by the honourable members of the National Assembly who
are just realizing their Amaechi’s rascality and eccentricity.
We believe it’s rather too early to begin to
quarrel with Rotimi Amaechi or call for his resignation when he is yet to fix
the Nigeria he promised would be changed by his new found love, the almighty
APC in matter of months.
Again,
Amaechi remains our beloved son who said he single-handedly sponsored
and made His Excellency, Muhammadu Buhari, President and he is yet to recoup
the billions of Rivers money he invested into the project.
Amaechi also said he planned to construct the
controversial Lagos-Calabar rail line modernization project to empower the APC
members in the South-South.
This lofty dream will not be actualized if he
resigns now.
Though not surprised at the controversy
ignited by the former Rivers State governor, Rotimi Amaechi because it’s his
character, the State PDP boss wants the distinguished Senator rather than
requesting for Amaechi’s apology or resignation use their differences, claims
and counter claims to reflect on the kind of persons that are considered for
sensitive offices and, or positions of trust.
According to Bro. Obuah, though the honourable
National Assembly members may feel hurt by Amaechi’s ingratitude after it had
accepted to deliberate over the later included supplementary budget which he
later went public to claim was contained in the original budget proposal,
thereby portraying the federal lawmakers as partial and discriminatory, the
main reason for Amaechi’s mischief was to create the impression that he has the
interest of the South/South people at heart which is a fallacy.
Bro. Obuah is however happy that Amaechi has
carried his antics of setting brother against brother to the very Senate that
screened and confirmed his ministerial appointment and would want the lawmakers
to use same to reflect on all the submissions by not only the PDP, but also the
people, the civil society and concerned
citizens etc, before they went on to confirm his appointment despite several
allegations of corruption and breaches of the Rule of law by Amaechi.
This is the kind of falsehood, mischief and
misrepresentation we have been contending with, from Chibuike Amaechi which his
allies and the All Progressives Congress, APC have continued to deny and good a
thing, he is now exhibiting same character to his appointees and this is just
the beginning, Bro. Obuah noted.
The State PDP boss said the issue is not
whether or not Amaechi should resign as a minister or tender apology to the
National Assembly but this should serve as an eye opener and a pointer to the
crisis he (Amaechi) instigated in Rivers State that brought about the panel of
inquiry that indicted him of a myriad of corrupt practices and fraudulent
engagements while he served as governor in Rivers State for eight solid years.
We have said it times without number that
Amaechi cannot change his true colour under President Buhari and must remain a
cog in the wheel of progress.
His early resignation will hardly free the APC
members and the unrepentant Amaechi apologists from the world of theories which
is not good for the country.
The taste of the pudding they say, is in the
eating while experience remains the best teacher.
Please let Amaechi be!
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