No plan to impeach Nyako —Adamawa PDP

The Adamawa State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has debunked a media report accusing it of a gang-up with the Adamawa State House of Assembly to impeach Governor Murtala Nyako. The state chairman of the party, Chief Joel Madaki, who stated this through a press release he signed and made available to journalists in Yola on Wednesday, also said that the PDP had nothing to do with the current action of the State Assembly, but that the lawmakers were only carrying out their constitutional responsibilities. The statement said the development in the Adamawa Assembly was long awaited by Adamawa people following the antics of the executive, stressing that if the governor was found wanting following the House investigation, he and any political office holder might be impeached according to the constitution. It also stated that the purported plan to impeach Governor Nyako as contained in a certain national daily was a figment of the writer’s imagination. “The 1999 Nigeria Constitution provides for impeachment of elected officers when they are found to have violated its provision, especially as regards to corrupt practices,” the release said. According to Madaki, the governor better face the myriad of problems facing his administration, which includes lack of development, defection of members from APC, corrupt practices, injustice and rather than cast aspersions and blames on the PDP. It also acknowledged the efforts of the state House of Assembly for giving the state government two weeks in which to pay arrears owed teachers and other categories of workers in the state. “The PDP commended the decision of the Assembly for giving an ultimatum for the payment of civil servants two months outstanding salaries and the illegal deductions from the May 2014 salary of workers,” said the release. The PDP implored the honourable members to ensure that the executive implemented the 2014 budget to the letter as approved through the performance of their oversight functions. “We applaud the Adamawa State House of Assembly under the able leadership of Rt. Hon, Ahmadu Umar Fintiri for resolving to stay in the PDP, the party on which platform they were elected rather than following Governor Nyako to unknown destination,” the release stated.