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Kogi-born Senator, Dino Melaye on Wednesday lamented the continued delay in the replacement of the Kogi State Ministerial slot after the demise of the late Minister of State for Employment, Labour and Productivity, James Ocholi, SAN, who alongside his wife and son died in a ghastly auto-accident. The family died in March along Kaduna-Abuja road.
Melaye while raising a Point of Order told the Senate during the plenary that Kogi has been completely ostracized from President Muhammadu Buhari’s government. He said it was an injustice not to replace the deceased minister nine months after.
According to him, “We, Kogi People have been ostracized; nine months is too long a time to replace a minister. We have lost so much, we don’t want to lose again,” Melaye said.
The Kogi Senator, however, threatened to carry out what he called “alternative measures” if President Buhari failed to make the replacement as soon as possible.
“Kogi people are not begging. It is our right. If it (replacement) is not done, we will take alternative measures. We have a right to civil disobedience,” he added.
He, therefore, called on the Senate to intervene on the matter to ensure that Kogi got its ministerial slot.
The Deputy Senate President, Senator Ike Ekweremadu who presided over the plenary, described the development as “unjust and a violation of the 1999 Constitution of Nigeria (as amended)”. He called on Buhari to ensure the replacement was done as soon as possible.
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Melaye while raising a Point of Order told the Senate during the plenary that Kogi has been completely ostracized from President Muhammadu Buhari’s government. He said it was an injustice not to replace the deceased minister nine months after.
According to him, “We, Kogi People have been ostracized; nine months is too long a time to replace a minister. We have lost so much, we don’t want to lose again,” Melaye said.
The Kogi Senator, however, threatened to carry out what he called “alternative measures” if President Buhari failed to make the replacement as soon as possible.
“Kogi people are not begging. It is our right. If it (replacement) is not done, we will take alternative measures. We have a right to civil disobedience,” he added.
He, therefore, called on the Senate to intervene on the matter to ensure that Kogi got its ministerial slot.
The Deputy Senate President, Senator Ike Ekweremadu who presided over the plenary, described the development as “unjust and a violation of the 1999 Constitution of Nigeria (as amended)”. He called on Buhari to ensure the replacement was done as soon as possible.
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