Professor Akintunde Akinwande, who was nominated by President Muhammadu
Buhari to chair the board of the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory
Commission (NERC), has again rejected the offer.
Nifemisblog.blogspot.com learnt that Akinwande rejected the offer in October as
he was absent for screening by the Senate without giving the upper
legislative chamber any reason. The report said Akiwande’s absence put a
hold on the screening.
The Nigerian Tribune
reports that at the resumption of the committee on Monday, November 28,
the nominee, again, refused to appear for screening.
Provoked, a
member of the committee, Senator Suleiman Hunkuyi, declared that
Professor Akinwande had lost the privilege given to him to serve the
nation.
The report said the nominee contacted the committee and informed its
members through a text message that he was not available for the job.
Senator Hunkuyi was quoted as saying: “The nominee (Professor Akinwande) has exhausted the privilege given him by Mr President.
“He
has also lost the privilege given to him by the committee by deferring
the screening of the board for one month. He has finally exhausted the
opportunity to serve this country.”
The report further said
the senior special assistant to the president on National Assembly
matters (Senate), Ita Enang, tried unsuccessfully to persuade the
committee not to foreclose Akiwande’s opportunity promising to make
further consultations with the president.
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“I
do pray that the committee note that the nominee did not appear just
today. Let it be a suspended matter. I will communicate with the
president and get more information about him and get back,” he said.
Senator
Abaribe was said to have rejected Enang’s plea saying the committee’s
decision would be communicated to the Senate at plenary.
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