{"id":19768,"date":"2018-07-23T21:15:07","date_gmt":"2018-07-23T21:15:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/?p=19768"},"modified":"2018-07-23T21:15:07","modified_gmt":"2018-07-23T21:15:07","slug":"failure-to-inaugurate-board-oshiomhole-threatens-to-expel-minister-of-labour-from-apc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/?p=19768","title":{"rendered":"FAILURE TO INAUGURATE BOARD: OSHIOMHOLE THREATENS TO EXPEL MINISTER OF LABOUR FROM APC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- www.newsroom247.com.ng --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-2163942495525027\" data-ad-slot=\"1411897411\" data-ad-format=\"auto\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Sheriff-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-19311\" src=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Sheriff-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"734\" height=\"209\" srcset=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Sheriff-1.jpg 1080w, http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Sheriff-1-300x86.jpg 300w, http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Sheriff-1-768x219.jpg 768w, http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Sheriff-1-1024x292.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 734px) 100vw, 734px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"first\">The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Adams Oshiomhole has said the party will not hesitate to expel Chris Ngige, Minister of Labour and Productivity, if he fails to constitute and inaugurate board members for federal agencies\u2019 parastatals under his ministry.<\/p>\n<p>Oshiomhole said this on Monday while addressing journalists in Abuja.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf the Minister refuses, we will suspend him from the party. We must return to internal discipline. For me, it is the height of mischief for any Minister, you cannot purport to be an Honourable Minister and you act dishonourably. Nobody is greater than the party,&#8221; Oshiomhole said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf the President condones disrespect for his office, I will not condone disrespect for the party.\u00a0They have taken undue advantage of the President\u2019s fatherly disposition. When we expel the Minister, we will prevail on the President that he can\u2019t keep in his cabinet people who have neither respect for his own decisions nor have respect for the party without which they would not have been Ministers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are no independent candidates in our system. No Minister is above the party. It is absolutely illegal for a Minister in a democracy to prey on the powers of the board. The laws establishing those institutions are clear. The boards have procedures to follow.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen a Minister sits in his office to award a contract that didn\u2019t go through boards, this is\u00a0clearly an\u00a0abuse of office.<\/p>\n<p><code><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alternativeadvert.com\/show.php?z=30&amp;pl=16694&amp;ad_type=62&amp;rl=180\" width=\"728\" height=\"90\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/code><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am convinced that what they are doing is not with the endorsement of Mr. President. I tell them it is the same authority that appoints these people. It is the same green pen that made them Ministers that appointed these boards that they are refusing to swear in.\u00a0We have respect for Ministers but only to the extent that they recognise that they are a product of a political party.\u00a0 They either comply or we will expel them from the party.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Oshiomhole had written to Ngige asking him to inaugurate all board members appointed under his Ministry but Ngige replied, saying he had inaugurated three boards in the ministry and wasn&#8217;t in a hurry to inaugurate that of the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF) because of an alleged N40 billion corruption scandal by the former board.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/delta-is-working-new-200618-banner-ad-online-234-x-60px-f-4.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-19511\" src=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/delta-is-working-new-200618-banner-ad-online-234-x-60px-f-4.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"3033\" height=\"376\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><code><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- www.newsroom247.com.ng --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-2163942495525027\" data-ad-slot=\"1411897411\" data-ad-format=\"auto\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/code><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Adams Oshiomhole has said the party will not hesitate to expel Chris Ngige, Minister of Labour and Productivity, if he fails to constitute and inaugurate board members for federal agencies\u2019 parastatals under his ministry. 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