Ex-Governor Attah urges Buhari to appoint Onu as SGF

Ex-Governor Attah urges Buhari to appoint Onu as SGF

- Ex-governor Attah urges Buhari to appoint Ogbonnaya Onu as SGF

- He says Onu has a lot of experience as a former governor

- Attah adds that Onu is a man of integrity

Obong Victor Attah, the former governor of Akwa Ibom state, has advised President Muhammadu Buhari to appoint the minister of science and technology, Dr Ogbonnaya Onu, as the secretary to the government of the federation (SGF).

According to Attah, Onu has a lot of experience as a former governor and is a man of integrity, Vanguard reports.

Attah said the All Progressives Congress (APC) as an amalgam of different parties has to cater for the interests of its component units

He added that while the defunct Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) produced the president, the Action Congress of Nigeria (CAN), the vice president, the new Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the National Assembly leadership, only the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) has not been adequately represented.

Former Akwa Ibom state governor Obong Victor Attah urges Buhari to appoint Ogbonnaya Onu as SGF
Former Akwa Ibom state governor Obong Victor Attah urges Buhari to appoint Ogbonnaya Onu as SGF

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It is for the aforementioned reason he is calling for the appointment of Onu as SGF.

He said: “The APC is made up of the defunct ACN, ANPP, CPC, and later the New PDP. The CPC produced the president, The APC Leader, Asiwaju Tinubu, nominated someone as the vice president, those from the PDP control the National Assembly and I had always thought that the ANPP should produce the SGF and that person is Ogbonnaya Onu, their leader who is a man of integrity and has a lot of experience as a former governor, party leader and a minister.

“So, I was quite surprised that he did not get it in the first place, unless he says he does not want it, then they can nominate another person from the ANPP bloc, but still from the South East.”

Attah also faulted the decision of the Senate to reject the nomination of Ibrahim Magu as the substantive chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

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He accused the senators of trying to frustrate the anti-corruption fight of the present administration.

Earlier, Legit.ng reported that President Buhari suspended Babachir Lawal for 14 days pending the report of a three-man administrative panel of inquiry he set up to investigate the SGF, over allegations of abuse of office levelled against him by the Senate.

The president set up a three-man committee made up of Abubakar Malami, the attorney-general of the federation; Babagana Monguno who is the national security adviser and vice president Professor Yemi Osinbajo to carry out a two weeks investigation on allegations of violations of law and due process made against the SGF in the award of contracts under the Presidential Initiative on the North East.

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Source: Legit.ng

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