Wednesday, February 27, 2013

Ethnic Sentiments: Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala Accused of Tribalism by Nothern Group!



Northern Civil Society Coalition on Tuesday in Kaduna knocked the  Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister for the Economy, Dr. Ngozi Okonji-Iweala, of playing an ethnic game to rob the North of chairmanship of the Federal Inland Revenue Service.

They called on President Goodluck Jonathan to immediately  intervene in the matter. The coalition, led by human rights activist and President of Civil Rights Congress, Mallam Shehu Sani,  while commending former Governor of Kaduna State, Senator Ahmed Makarfi, for resigning his membership  of the committee set up by the finance minister  to appoint the chairman of FIRS, queried the rationale behind the appointment of a new chairman when a northerner was already in the position.


Sani Said, “First of all, I must commend Senator Ahmed Mohammed Makarfi, for resigning from the committee set up by the Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonji-Iweala. In the interest of his own integrity, probity and the transparency of the process of appointing the Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service, it is clear that the minister has an ethnic agenda.

“It is inconceivable that the minister would set up a committee to appoint a new chairman of FIRS, while lining up her Ibo kinsmen as members of the committee. It is also very wrong and inappropriate to bring in a former chairman of the service to be part of the committee for the screening of a new chairman.

“And it is wrong for Mr. President to hand over the project of appointing the chairman of the FIRS to the minister. Nigerians would like to know the process that was arrived at and all the names that were shortlisted for the interview that is to come up on March 3, 2013.

He added, “We don’t believe there is transparency in the process, and we caution the President against the excessive ceding of his own power to the finance minister. “The appointment of a person in such an important position of the chairman of the FIRS should be done in a transparent manner and with credibility. Such a process should be opened to Nigerians for scrutiny.”

Culled from the Punch

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