Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chieftain, Chief Emeka Charles Kalu, has okayed the plan by the Rivers State governor, Siminalayi Fubara, to probe the past administration of former Governor Nyesom Wike.....KINDLY READ THE FULL STORY HERE▶
Speaking with Sunday Independent on Saturday, Kalu, the National Coordinator of Peoples Democratic Party Coalition (PDPCO), said the decision is normal, adding that any freshly inaugurated government is expected to audit the activities of the previous leadership.
Kalu said that such a probe promotes accountability and places the new government on the right direction for planning and execution of projects.
He stated: “As for Fubara’s resolve to constitute a panel of inquiry into the spending of the past administration, it is normal and any government that is freshly inaugurated is expected to audit the activities of the previous leadership.
“That promotes accountability and also places the new government in the right direction for planning and execution of projects.”
Kalu lamented that the political crisis rocking Rivers State has actually made governance a tug of war in the oil-rich Niger Delta state, especially the prevailing legislative disharmony.
According to him, “One thing about governance is that procedures have been spelt out by the law and going against such rules always truncate the tenets of democracy and accountability.
“Prominence in the tussles is the issue of whether the factional 27 lawmakers have by their actions of defecting to the All Progressives Congress (APC) lost their seats.
“I think the court will do justice to this very issue, bothering on the legality of their actions. A subsisting judgment of the court, called judicial precedence on similar matters settles it.
“A political solution could have helped in resolving the crisis if not for the defection of the 27 lawmakers who left the PDP on whose platform they were elected inconsiderate of the extant Section 109 (g) of the Constitution.
“We manage the crisis by providing a window for settlement rather than flaming the fire. This situation, if not properly managed, may degenerate into the state being plunged into further crisis leading to a breakdown of law and order.”