Again! Buhari Nominate Dead Person into Board
Former Commissioner for Information in Ebonyi State, Dr Chike Onwe, an indigene of Ezza South Local Government Area, where Okwuru hailed from, posted on his Facebook page, on Tuesday, when the late nominee’s name was announced in the Senate, that Buhari should leave them to mourn their dead.
“PMB, please, in God’s name, leave us alone to mourn our dead. Keep your belated appointment!,” Onwe said.
Another Ezza indigene, Comrade Kitzito Nwankwo also lamented the death of the nominee on his Facebook page.
Nwankwo wrote: “How I wish you’re here to hear your name reverberating in the chambers of the National Assembly as an appointee of Mr President.
“We all waited for it, and it came only when you had gone, deepening the hole in our hearts, reminding us the vacuum your departure created.
“For over four good years, you worked and hoped for today to come. You rejected advances from the main opposition party to your party, you kept faith with APC and trusted in Mr President.
“It’s a pity you’re no more here to receive the presidential handshake we had all expected on your swearing-in day.”
The last time such an inauspicious appointment raised eyebrows was in late December 2017, when Nigerians noticed that among a list of new appointments into the governing boards of agencies and parastatals were no fewer than eight deceased persons, among whom were: Late Reverend Christopher Utova as member of Nigeria Institute of Social and Economic Research; Late Senator Francis Okpozo as Chairman of Nigerian Press Council; and Late Chief Donald Ugbaja as a member of the Consumer Protection Council.
