Former National Assembly clerks have come under fire from Senate President Godswill Akpabio for reportedly trying to utilize media pressure to contest the completion of their terms, notably pointing out planned protests at a well-known radio station.CONTINUE FULL READING>>>>>
Speaking during a media session covered by Symfoni TV, Sen. Akpabio addressed rumors of planned protests: “We got an intelligence that some people are going to Berekete radio to protest.”
The Senate President questioned the legitimacy of such actions: “Nigeria has not established human rights radio. If it’s going to be established, it will be established by law or by the executive; nothing like that. We have Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria; we don’t have human rights radio.”
While acknowledging media rights, Sen. Akpabio expressed concern about specific tactics: “Every media house has a right to propagate issues of Human Rights. Some said they want to take the leadership of the National Assembly to a radio station because they have not done ABCD.”
He further placed the responsibility for the situation on the administrative oversight: “I believe that unnecessary politicization of the tenure of your staffs is due to the action and inaction of the National Assembly Service Commission. Because if you were firm and applied the provisions of the act to the letter, nobody would dare stay 1 hour longer in office.”CONTINUE FULL READING>>>>>
