The Governor cried that he had continued to bear tyranny in his Rivers state by having a Chief Judge mandated to administer the state by the National Judicial Council(NJC).since he has refused to understand the simple rudiment of judicial procedure!!! Its not surprising,when you have a Governor who only qualified with a pass,.what do you expect? Well He noted that there are about two other states in the country having similar experience like Rivers State but said the NJC did not impose Chief Judges on those states, adding that because of the “political interest of some people,” a Chief Judge not appointed by the Governor was foisted on Rivers people(not him again?) He said: “It is in the Constitution that the governor should be the one to appoint the chief judge,(with NJC recommendation) but this was not the case in Rivers. It was the National Judicial Council that appointed the chief judge. This is unconstitutional.” He vied off He challenged the form of federalism being practised in Nigeria, saying a situation whereby the federal government apportions what allocation should accrue to the federating units must be looked into.(Which is why the country wants to change our constitution) “We are a proper Republic of Nigeria, therefore the federal government lacks the power to sit as a Prefect. What kind of country that claims to be federalism yet money are deducted from the source in Abuja without recourse to state governors? “Somebody would sit in Abuja and deduct money at will, spend it at will and chooses to be a Prefect over the states. It is actually a relationship of the equals. Equals come together and chose to be parts of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. “We are not a confederal system, we are not a military government. We are a federal system. With all these observations, ask yourself, how can we be dealing with the leadership question if those who ought to be leaders do not have a clue of what the constitution says of what they can do and what they cannot do?” Outgoing Governor Rotimi Amaechi throwing Tantrum as usual, mtchewwwwwww!!!!
Posted on: Thu, 05 Jun 2014 12:07:36 +0000
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