By Kayode Araba
The Senate is considering ultimate penalties to stem job racketeering, disregard for federal character principles in job employment and other irregularities that violate the 1999 constitution of Federal Republic of Nigeria as amended
Thus, this was disclosed on Tuesday by the Chairman, Senate Committee on Federal Character and Inter-Governmental Affairs, Senator Allwell Onyesoh (Rivers East) after a crucial meeting of the committee with Chairperson and management of Federal Character Commission.
However, Senator Onyesoh said at this time Nigeria is sitting on a keg of gun powder and people react to issues based on emotion and Nigerians have gotten to a point where they no longer look at issues deeply, but he have the social media way; you just cheat something, you move it on, copy and send to the next person. Nobody tries to clarify, no investigation any more.
He further said that is very dangerous and it is easy to ignite a place. A simple statement like, oh this thing is out we are not getting it. There is job there, they are employing secretly, is enough to cause problem and that the essence of the federal character commission is to create unity, fairness and equity, adding that you can’t have that if someone is feeling rejected, feeling not carried along.
The chairman further alluded to the fact that some sanctions must be available if you want things to work. We are considering stiffer penalties; there must be consequence for everything adding that this is one of the few committees that derives it’s power from the constitution.
