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Oshiomhole Threatens To Suspend Ngige: If Presidency Condones Disrespect.. - Edoman - 07-23-2018
‘If Presidency Condones Disrespect, I Will Not,’ Oshiomhole Threatens To Suspend Minister
The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole has threatened to suspend the Minister of Labour and Productivity, Chris Ngige, from the party noting that he will not give room for ‘dishonourable’ Ministers.
Oshiomhole while addressing journalists in Abuja, on Monday, said discipline must be maintained and if Ngige fails to constitute and inaugurate board members for Federal Agencies’ parastatals under his ministry he will be expelled from the ruling party.
“If the Minister refuses we will suspend him from the party. We must return to internal discipline. For me it is the height of mischief for any Minister, you cannot purport to be Honourable Minister and you act dishonourably. Nobody is greater than the party.
“If the President condones disrespect for his office, I will not condone disrespect for the party.”
The National Chairman said some Ministers have abused the ‘fatherly disposition’ of President Muhammadu Buhari and therefore, efforts will be put in place to prevail on the President to instill discipline in members of his cabinet and Ministers.
“They have taken undue advantage of the President’s fatherly disposition. When we expel the Minister, we will prevail on the President that he can’t keep in his cabinet people who have neither respect for his own decisions nor have respect for the party without which they would not have been Ministers.
“There are no independent candidates in our system. No Minister is above the party. It is absolutely illegal for a Minister in a democracy to prey the powers of the board. The laws establishing those institutions are clear. The boards have procedures to follow.
“When a minister sits in his office to award a contract that didn’t go through boards, this is clearly an abuse of office.
“I am convinced that what they are doing is not with the endorsement of Mr. President. I tell them it is the same authority that appoints these people. It is the same green pen that made them Ministers that appointed these boards that they are refusing to swear in.”
Oshiomhole, who is also a former governor of Edo State, said the Ministers must comply to President Buhari’s instructions. He said they must also comply with the party’s position or they are shown the way out of the party.
This he, however, stressed does not mean he does not respect Nigerian Ministers.
“We have respect for Ministers but only to the extent that they recognise that they are a product of a political party. They either comply or we will expel them from the party.”
Oshiomhole speaking concerning the newly formed Reformed All Progressives Congress (R-APC) maintained that he is losing no sleep over the opposition party.
According to him, the APC would not change nor negotiate its core values in order to retain aggrieved members.
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RE: Oshiomhole Threatens To Suspend Ngige: If Presidency Condones Disrespect.. - Edoman - 07-25-2018
Quote:Be versed in basic issues that guide public governance, Ngige blasts Oshiomhole
THE Minister of Labour and Employment, Sen. Chris Ngige, has advised the Chairman of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, to go for lectures so that he can be versed in little basic issues that guide public governance.
Reacting to the threat by the APC chairman to sack him for his failure to adhere to the party directive to inaugurate board of the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF), Ngige said the Comrade Oshiomhole needs to be versed in basic issues that guide public governance.
Oshiomhole has made an allegation that the minister’s failure to inaugurate the NSITF board, has given the minister opportunity to usurp the position of the board to award contract.
But in a swift reaction, Ngige said Oshiomhole is ignorant of the relevant laws, adding, “such a blatant falsehood is either on account of fertile ignorance or outright mischief or both by the originator as well as the peddlers. It is therefore imperative that the provisions of the Procurement Act 2010 which is clear and unambiguous in the process for the award of contracts be re-emphasized.”Neither Minister nor Board can award Contracts in NSITF or any other Federal Board,” Ngige said: “It is our humble view therefore that those in authority should be versed in little basic issues that guide public governance so as to be properly guided in their utterances to avoid unnecessary character assassination and unfortunate misinformation of the general public.”
The statement read: “For clarity purpose, the Ministerial Tenders Board (MTB) for the award of contracts in any Ministry is made up of the Permanent Secretary as chairman and his Directors, while in the parastatals, the Parastatals Tenders Board consists of the Chief Executive Officer (Director General or Managing Director) and his Directors.
“The Minister is not a member and therefore does not award contracts. Similarly, members of the Board of Directors not being members of the Tenders Board of the parastatals do not also award contracts. It is, therefore, a stunningly crass ignorance for anyone to claim that part of the reasons for the delay in the inauguration of the board of the NSITF or any parastatal was to enable the Minister usurp the role of the board as regards the award of contracts.
“When the threshold of the award is above a parastatal, such contracts are referred to the MTB for final approval. Such also is the case with the Ministerial Tenders Board threshold which is referred to the Bureau for Public Procurement and from there, to the Council of Ministers called the Federal Executive Council for treatment and ratification.
“So in effect, the Federal Executive Council is not a contract awarding body and hence Ministers do not award contracts stricto senso!”
The statement, signed by the Director (Press)’ Ministry of Labour and Employment, Prince Samuel Olowookere , added: “Once more, the minister wishes to state that the reason for the delayed inauguration of the Board of the NSITF was to enable the Administrative Panel of Inquiry set up to probe a frightening degree of corruption amounting to over 48 billion Naira out of which N5billion disappeared in a day without vouchers, complete its assignment.
“The panel has submitted its report while the committee implementing the same report is already empanelled. It will finish its work very soon to pave the way for the inauguration of the Board of Directors.”
http://www.tribuneonlineng.com/156628/
Ngige Blasts Oshiomhole: ''Be Versed In Issues That Guide Public Governance''
RE: Oshiomhole Threatens To Suspend Ngige: If Presidency Condones Disrespect.. - Edoman - 07-26-2018
@POLITICSNGR
Minister of Transport and Campaign DG for the President Muhammadu Buhari Campaign Organization, Rotimi Amaechi has denied reports that he accused the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Adams Oshiomole of bringing bad luck to the party.
Amaechi debunked the report in a statement through the office’s Director, Strategic Communications, Festus Keyamo, yesterday, describing the story as ‘fake news.’
"For the avoidance of doubt, we wish to state without equivocation that Rt. Honourable Rotimi Amaechi did not at any forum, whether in private or public, utter such words or anything close to those words in reference to Comrade Adams Oshiomhole. He holds Comrade Adams Oshiomhole in the highest esteem possible," he said.
https://politicsngr.com/never-said-oshiomhole-bad-luck-apc-amaechi/
I Never Said Oshiomhole Was Bad Luck For APC - Amaechi
RE: Oshiomhole Threatens To Suspend Ngige: If Presidency Condones Disrespect.. - Rover442 - 07-26-2018
What is that short black man talking about can someone help me put him in a box
RE: Oshiomhole Threatens To Suspend Ngige: If Presidency Condones Disrespect.. - Gimbiya - 07-27-2018
(07-26-2018, 10:36 PM)Rover442 Wrote: What is that short black man talking about can someone help me put him in a box
Hehehehe..........
RE: Oshiomhole Threatens To Suspend Ngige: If Presidency Condones Disrespect.. - Gimbiya - 07-27-2018
All this polithiefs shld just kee kwayet