A Lagos-based legal practitioner and
human rights cum pro-democracy activist, has taken the President, Alhaji
Muhammadu Buhari and Attorney-General of the Federation to a Federal High Court
in Lagos over the appointment of new board
members for the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) reports
ITRealms.
In an originating summon copy made
available to ITRealms, Adegboruwa also listed three officials of AMCON as
respondents, namely Kola Ayeye, Eberechukwu Uneze and Aminu Ismail.
Adegboruwa said, he is concerned as
a responsible citizen of Nigeria, lamented that
since May 29, 2015, when he was
sworn in as Presidnet of Nigeria, he has not appointed Ministers as required by
the Constitution.
Rather, Adegboruwa claimed that
Messrs Kola Ayeye, Eberechukwu Uneze and Aminu Ismail, were on August 19, 2015,
appointed as Executive Directors of AMCON.
The appointments, he said, were
widely published in both print and electronic media all over the country.
Insisting that the said appointment
does not conform with the Section 10(1)c of the Asset Management Corporation of
Nigeria Act 2010, which states inter alia that such appointment must confirm
with the consultation of the Minister of Finance and President, which was
lacking at the time of appointment.
Pointing out that since President
Buhari was sworn in on May 29, 2015, till the date of the appointment of the
three Executive Directors of AMCON, no person has been appointed into the
office of Minister of Finance for the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
“I verily believe that as the
position of the Minister of Finance in Nigeria has been vacant, the said
appointment of the 4th-6threspondents could not have been
made in accordance with the provisions of the Asset Management Corporation of
Nigeria Act 2010, as there is no substantive minister of finance for the 1st respondent
to consult with,” Adegboruwa said.
He, therefore, urged the Justice of
the Federal High Court to declare the said appointment of the aforesaid
executive directors illegal, null and void.
+Remmy Nweke (ITRealms)
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