Africa Press-Nigeria:
A Chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr. Tom Ohikere on Saturday took a swipe on the acts of incivility displayed by the Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, during the House of Representatives probe of Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSTIF).
He frowned at the minister’s behavior for turning a constitutional oversight function of the national assembly to a joke, instead of focusing on the subject matter, describing Ngige’s action as a show of shame.
Ohikere in a statement in Abuja on Saturday said the theaterical act of the Minister was unbecoming of his office.
The House ad-hoc Committee investigating an alleged breach of a presidential directive by the Minister, had invited him over the suspension of top management and executive committee members of the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF).
An action which was in defiance to presidential directive that bars ministers from sacking heads of agencies.
Apparently uncomfortable by the grilling of Hon. James Falake, a member of the committee, the Minister threw caution to the winds to the chagrin of the committee and resorted to uncivil utterances.
Ohikere alleged that in recent time Ngige and some members of the federal executive council have indulged in acts unbecoming of the status of their offices, a development that run counter of the integrity of Buhari’s administrarion.
