National Dialogue: Edo faults Nyiam’s response BENIN CITY - The Edo State Government has faulted the response by a member of the Presidential Advisory Committee on National Dialogue, Col Tony Nyiam (Rtd) over his ungentlemanly conduct during the sitting of the committee in Benin City on Monday. In a statement, Peter Okhiria, Chief Press Secretary to Governor Adams Oshiomhole said the lame and odious response of Col Tony Nyiam to his (Nyiam) shameful action exposed his hands as a biased member of the committee which should be above political, ethical and indeed other sentiments. The statement titled: “Rejoinder to Col Tony Nyiam’s Misplaced outburst, added: “We wonder when Col Nyiam became the president’s spokesman as to want to drag the President’s name into his shameful act. Below is full text of the reaction. “Our attention has been drawn to the lame and odious response of Col Tony Nyiam to his shameful action at the sitting of the Presidential Advisory Committee on National Dialogue in Benin City, on Monday October 28 where he fully exposed his hands as a biased member of a Committee which should be above political, ethnic and indeed other sentiments. “We wonder when Col Nyiam became the President’s spokesman as to want to drag the President’s name into his shameful act. We are however not surprised, going by his antecedents, the Benin incident was just another manifestation of Nyiam’s lack of respect for constituted authority and his love for disunity. “Even as an officer in such a disciplined profession as the Nigerian Army, Nyiam stood out like sore thumb and his naked ambition for power led to the death of many officers and men who owned up and faced the sentence for their treason, but where was Nyiam, he took to his heels rather than face the consequence for his action, like all cowards do. “Nyiam said Governor Adams Oshiomhole was “talking down on the people”. We wonder when airing one’s opinion or saying “I believe that the outcome of this conference will not be different from that of other conferences we have had in the past” means talking down on the people “Nyiam deserves our pity. He might still be hallucinating thinking he is an Army officer who must be obeyed. We recognize that no military officer worth his salt would openly disagree with a superior or a Governor at a forum such as the one in Benin City, but again, we recognize that the maxim “Officer and Gentleman” does not apply to Nyiam as he has once again displayed to the people in the open. “We find it interesting that Col Nyiam has exposed the undercurrent motive of the conference which has also confirmed Governor Oshiomhole’s initial fears about viability, necessity and desirability of same “In as much as we believe that Nigeria is in dire straits, the Governor still insists that a talkshop with no agenda is not necessary at this time”.
Posted on: Thu, 31 Oct 2013 10:07:49 +0000