The Adamawa state House of Assembly today
cleared the daughter of a former vice president, Atiku Abubakar, Ms. Fatima
Abubakar, and the son of the Lamido Adamawa, Muhammad Barkindo-Mustapha, as commissioners
in absentia.
According to PREMIUM TIMES, the
clearance of the duo whose whose nomination at the outset received a barrage of
criticism has sparked fresh outrage.
Reacting to the development, a
political analyst in the state, Muhammad Ismail, said, “I have every cause to
say and believe that the change which we toiled for by electing the new set of
lawmakers is being frittered away on the alter of egregious grandstanding,
unwarranted ego and utter foolishness and it is a signal of bad, shaky and
faulty beginning, and it has bad effect on the future.
''I have never heard of a time
ministers or commissioners were screened in absentia no matter their influence
or positions, but yesterday (Thursday), Adamawa State House of Assembly has set
a precedent by screening and approving the nomination of the daughter of former
Vice President Dr. Fatima Atiku Abubakar and another nominee [Mr. Barkindo].
''The situation has also shown
the level of contempt the two absentee nominees have for both the House of
Assembly and the generality of Adamawa people by refusing to turn up during the
screening process, making people to hold the notion that the two are above both
the law and the ordinary people of Adamawa State,” Mr. Ismail said.
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