Rivers APC Apologises For Nominating Wike as Minister

 

*Laments His Insensitivity to the plight of Lecturers

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The Rivers State Chapter of the All Progressives Crongress says it sincerely apologise to all Nigerians but especially to students and lecturers in the country’s tertiary institutions for presenting Chief Nyesome Wike to President Goodluck Jonathan for appointment as a Minister.

The party in on online press statement made available to NF-reports by Eze Chukwuemeka Eze, Senior Special Aide on Media and Publicity to Rivers State APC Chairman, Dr. Davies Ikanya said:

“We sincerely apologise to all Nigerians but especially to students and lecturers in the country’s tertiary institutions for presenting Chief Nyesome Wike to President Goodluck Jonathan for appointment as a Minister. Never in our wildest imagination did we foresee that Chief Wike, the Supervising Minister of Education, would turn out to be such an unmitigated disaster. We never envisaged that he would represent Rivers State so badly and become a tool for the destruction of the country’s education sector in direct contradiction of the track record of the man that made him politically – Governor Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, who has achieved international fame for his zealous promotion of education in Rivers State.

“To put it mildly, we are shocked by the zeal with which Wike is going about his secret mission to completely ruin tertiary education in the country for reasons best known to him. He started with the universities, orchestrating a paralyzing strike that lasted some six months. While the country was yet to overcome the negative effects arising from that unfortunate development, Wike beat his own sordid record by ensuring that the country’s polytechnics and colleges of education have remained shut for even a much longer period.

“Any doubts about Wike’s wickedness became erased when he two days ago informed the House of Representatives’ Committee on Education through a representative, that the Ministry of Education under his watch made no provision for the salary arrears of striking polytechnic and college of education lecturers in the 2014 Budget of the Ministry. This, no doubt, has exposed Wike’s secret agenda to keep the country’s polytechnics and colleges of education permanently under lock and key, thus jeopardising the future of our youths – the leaders of tomorrow. It is very unfortunate that President Jonathan, an educationist, could sit idly and allow such a charlatan to ruin our education sector. To quote the First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan, President Jonathan and Minister Wike should remember that “there is God-o” and that He is watching.

“We wish to commend the House of Representatives’ Committee on Education for its determination to resolve the dispute between the Academic Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) and the Federal Government, as well as between the Colleges of Education Academic Staff Union (COEASU) and the FG. We urge them to finish their good work and not to rely on Wike, who prefers to be having nocturnal meetings with failed politicians in furtherance of his doomed 2015 gubernatorial ambition rather than concentrate on his job for which Rivers State sent him to Abuja”.

Rivers APC Apologises For Nominating Wike as Minister

Sheathe Your Sword, APC Tells Opponents of Rivers’ New Chief Judge

 

The All Progressives Congress (APC), Rivers State Chapter, has appealed to all those opposed to the appointment of Honourable Justice Peter NC Agumagu as the new Chief Judge of the State to sheathe their sword.

“What Hon. Justice Agumagu needs is not further distraction but the cooperation of all to ensure speedy and effective dispensation of justice in Rivers State. Those opposed to his appointment should respect the right of the State Governor to appoint a Chief Judge for the State, the judgment of the Federal High Court, Port Harcourt, supporting his appointment by Governor Chibuike Amaechi, and his successful screening by the Rivers State House of Assembly,” APC Rivers said in a statement issued by the Interim State Chairman, Dr. Davies Ibiamu Ikanya.
Ikanya described Hon. Justice Agumagu, who acted in the capacity before being sworn in as substantive Chief Judge yesterday by Governor Amaechi, as being eminently qualified to hold the position. “Hon. Justice Agumagu is not only the most senior High Court judge in the state but has also served as a High Court judge for over ten years as required by law, besides being nominated for the position by the Rivers State Judicial Council,” the statement said.

APC Rivers congratulated the new Chief Judge and urged him to discharge his duties fairly and with fear of God so as to ensure that the judiciary remains the last hope of the common man (0)

Sheathe Your Sword, APC Tells Opponents of Rivers’ New Chief Judge