Why Wike, Oyetola, Umahi, others’ Life Pensions Must Be Stopped – SERAP
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, has urged President Bola Tinubu to ensure the stoppage of further collection of life pensions and other allowances of former governors who are serving as ministers in his administration from the states while they serve as ministers. SERAP, also urged the President to instruct the former governors to immediately return any pension and allowances that they may have collected since leaving office to the public treasury. The affected former governors, who are now ministers in the Tinubu administration, include: Badaru Abubakar, Nyesom Wike, Bello Matawalle, Adegboyega Oyetola, David Umahi, Simon Lalong, Atiku Bagudu
Following Umahi To APC Won’t Happen – Ebonyi senators, Reps
Federal lawmakers from Ebonyi State, on Wednesday, disowned Governor David Umahi, who has defected from the Peoples Democratic Party and joined the All Progressives Congress. The leader of the Ebonyi State PDP caucus in the National Assembly, Senator Sam Egwu, presented the position of his fellow Senators and members of the House of Representatives, during a well-attended press conference, in Abuja. Egwu said, “For the sake of clarity, we wish to state that not a single member of the Ebonyi State PDP caucus of the National Assembly is defecting to the APC. The three distinguished senators and five House of
APC Defection: Umahi Wants To Be President – Gov Wike
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has slammed his Ebonyi State counterpart, Governor David Umahi, over his reasons for leaving the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). According to him, Governor Umahi left the PDP because he wants to be the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in 2023 and not injustice meted on the South East by the opposition party, as claimed. Governor Wike stated that committed members of the PDP were not surprised that the Ebonyi governor formally defected to the APC on Tuesday, which he had been fraternising with for a while. He decried that he felt offended
Umahi’s Defection : I can’t work with the governor, says Ebonyi APC spokesman as he resigns
The Ebonyi State Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress, Mr Chika Nwoba, has resigned his position. Nwoba in a statement on Monday expressed gratitude to the APC and its leaders for finding him worthy to be elected to the position in 2018, at the age of 27. He told our correspondent that he was leaving the APC because, “I cannot work with Ebonyi State Governor, David Umahi.” In a related development, the Chairman of the Ebonyi State chapter of the Action Peoples Party, Chinedum Elekwachi, has dumped the party and joined the Peoples Democratic Party. Elekwachi, disclosed this to
Retain service chiefs Umahi advises Buhari
Gov. David Umahi of Ebonyi has advised President Muhammadu Buhari to retain the current armed force service chiefs against the backdrop of calls from several quarters to replace them. Umahi gave the advice on Friday in Abakaliki while laying the foundation stone of the Nigerian Army Reference Hospital, Abakaliki. The governor said that instead of replacing the service chiefs, the president should increase military funding and other logistics as well as enhance programmes that would make them work optimally. “The president should also increase his meetings with them and enhance mechanisms that will make the civil populace co-operate and provide
