The chairman of the integrity group of Federal Commissioners of the Federal Character Commission (FCC), Wokocha Augustine Onyekachi is calling on all relevant authorities to restore sanity at the commission following what he described as negation of federal character principle by the chairman of the commission Muheeba Dankaka.
Speaking on behalf of 33 other federal commissioners, Wokocha Augustine Onyekachi representing Rivers State accused Dankaka of selfishness, greed and vindictive.
Dankaka is alleged to have severally
Negated federal character principles
By employing over 20 person’s without following due process and With half coming from her own village.
The FCC chairman who is also accused of running the commission as a sole administrator is said to be carrying out ongoing renovation of the office, a capital project which the chairman is carrying out without following due process and was never in consultation with other stakeholders.
According, to Onyekachi other accusations against the FCC chairman shall be unfold in the following days.
Section 14 (3) and (4) of the Constitution provide thus:
“(3) The composition of the Government of the Federation or any of its agencies
and the conduct of its affairs shall be carried out in such a manner as to reflect the
federal character of Nigeria and the need to promote national unity, and also to
promote national loyalty, thereby ensuring that there shall be no predominance of
persons from a few states or a few ethnic or other sectional groups in that
government or any of its agencies.
“(4) The composition of the Government of a State, a local government council, or
any of the agencies of such Government or council or such agencies shall be
carried out in such manner as to recognize and the conduct of the affairs of the
Government or Council the diversity of the people within its area of authority and the need to promote a sense of belonging and loyalty among all the people of the
Federation he opined.”
