Impeachment plan distraction to my government- Al-Makura Gov. Umaru Al-Makura of Nasarawa state on Wednesday described the unsuccessful impeachment process by the state’s House of Assembly against him as a distraction to his administration and state. Al-Makura, who stated this at a news briefing in Lafia, said that the impeachment attempt had affected his programme in the state. He explained that he submitted himself to the investigative panel constituted by the Chief Judge of the state, because he was a democrat, who believed in the rule of law. He said that it was his obedience to the law that made him to honour the panel’s invitation “even though the process instituted by the lawmakers to impeach me was not coherent with the Constitution.” He recalled that “on July 14, 2014, 20 PDP members of the Nasarawa State House of Assembly began what they called my impeachment without serving me any notice as required by the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.” According to the governor, the assembly proceeded to advertise the notice in newspapers, and also directed the Chief Judge to set up an investigative panel. “The advertisement contained 16 allegations of misconduct and abuse of office,” he said. He said that the dismissal of the allegations against him by the investigative panel was not a victory for him or his political party, All Progressive Congress (APC), but victory for democracy and Nasarawa indigenes. He urged the lawmakers to partner his government so as to move the state forward, stressing that the panel’s exercise was a reprieve for the state. “I call on the good people of Nasarawa state, especially the lawmakers, to partner us in our collective task of building the state to the enviable heights envisioned by our founding fathers,” he said Al-Makura also thanked the people of Nasarawa State for supporting him and appealed to them to remain law-abiding and go about their lawful businesses.
Posted on: Wed, 06 Aug 2014 14:03:10 +0000
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