Port Harcourt, Rivers State – E get as e be! President Bola Tinubu don nominate 17 fresh candidates wey go dey run the affairs for Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission, Rivers State Civil Service Commission, and Rivers State Local Government Service Commission. Dem don even declare their assets as per Code of Conduct Bureau requirement.
This whole saga fit sound like movie, but na true gisting we dey talk. The security clearance na serious matter, as the Department of State Services and the Nigerian Police ensure say dem no get any wahala before dem proceed. Na Senator Opeyemi Bamidele, wey be the Leader of the Senate, na im dey run the screening with the Senate ad hoc committee.
All dis matter still happen just one week after Tinubu carry the nominees come present before the Senate. For the Civil Service Commission, dem get five nominees: Dr. Barikor Baribuma (Chairman), Lot Egopija, Ms. Maeve Ere-Bestman, Mrs. Joy Obiaju, and Mrs. Charity Lloyd Harry. Na seven nominees dey for the Electoral Commission as well: Dr. Michael Ekpai Odey (Chairman), Mr. Lezaasi Torbira and five professors wey no fit carry last.
Meanwhile, the Local Government Service Commission also gats seven appointees wey dey ready to chop work: Israel N. Amadi (Chairman), Linus Nwandem, Lady Christabel George-Didia, and a few big men as well.
Senator Bamidele make sure say everyone sabi wetin dey happen; him no wan make anybody shade eye. He talk, “We don check their security clearance, and nobody dey under any wahala,” plus say public go fit hear say dem don fulfill the asset declaration wey be constitutional requirement.
E be like say dem don gather all the necessary ingredients for a successful screening. And as dem dey finish up, Bamidele go bring results and recommendations come the Senate next plenary. Na so the political soup dey cook, my people!
As all dis tin dey happen, no petition dey against any of the nominees. Wetin remain be to finish the screening process so that we go fit know who remain for table and who don gree collect the chop from senator’s plate.
