A recent attack on former Central Bank Governor, Prof Chukwuma Soludo, has raised more questions than answers, writes David-Chyddy Eleke
For over two years, some political interest groups in Anambra State had worked to convince a former Central Bank Governor, Prof Chukwuma Soludo to vie for the governorship position of the state. The groups consisting of youths, men and women’s associations, had all along been allegedly self-funded and had on many occasions, paid the Professor of Econometrics visits at his home town, Isuofia, through emissaries and in persons too, all in a bid to get him to accept the charge of running for the Anambra governorship.
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THE STANDARD By
Jennifer Anyango |
April 1st 2021 at 12:17:50 GMT +0300
The fate of a staffer at the electoral agency to continue serving in the board of the media regulator now lies with the Members of the National Assembly.
Tabitha Mutemi.
This after the National Assembly ICT committee chaired by William Kipsang concurred with a petition lodged before them by a city lawyer calling for Ms Tabitha Mutemi s sacking on assertions that she is in two gainful employments.
But already MPs who are expected to debate the report in May are threatening to shoot it down, The Standard has reliably established that a sharp slip has emerged among the committee in protest after nominated MP Geoffrey Osotsi dissented opinion was rejected on grounds that it is unconstitutional.
THE STANDARD By
Jennifer Anyango |
April 2nd 2021 at 00:00:00 GMT +0300
Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) Communications Manager Tabitha Mutemi. [File, Standard]]
The fate of staff at the electoral agency to continue serving in the board of media regulator lies with Members of the National Assembly.
This after the National Assembly ICT committee chaired by William Kipsang concurred with a petition lodged before them calling for Tabitha Mutemi’s sacking on assertions that she is gainfully employed in two institutions.
A member of the committee, Godfrey Ososti said he had prepared a dissenting opinion, which was excluded from the report.
The committee report has recommended that ICT Cabinet Secretary Joe Mucheru suspends Ms Mutemi to pave way for the constitution of a three-member tribunal to consider her case.
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