The Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha, has rejected the appointment of his daughter as a member of the board of Federal College of Education, Omoku, Rivers State.
The rejection by the state government was made known in a statement issued by the Governor through his Chief Press Secretary, Sam Onwuemeodo as he stated that ‘she doesn’t need it’.
Rochas Okorocha who revealed that he was not duly consulted before the appointment was made rejected the appointment on bahalf of his daughter, Uju, who is married to Dr. Uzoma Awuka, the son of Nigeria Minister of Education State, the ex-Vice Chancellor of IMSU and former Secretary to Imo State government under Okorocha, Prof. Anthony Anwuka.
The press statement released by the Governor reads: “The attention of the Governor of Imo State, Owelle Rochas Okorocha has been drawn to the publication listing one of the daughters, Mrs. Uju Rochas Anwuka as a member of the Board of the Federal College of Education (Tech), Omoku.
And it is important to swiftly state, with every sense of concern, that the governor had read about the appointment like every other Nigerian because he was never consulted or briefed on the appointment and that is why the whole thing looks suspicious.
To the governor, the appointment was obviously not done in good faith. Whoever was the brain behind the appointment did so out of unbridled mischief. Otherwise, the person behind the appointment would have had the courtesy of either informing the father or the mother.
The truth of the matter is that the governor’s daughter does not need the appointment. The governor has therefore asked whoever was behind the appointment to withdraw it since the daughter would not have needed the appointment, even if he had not become governor.
Indeed, the governor has the feeling that whoever was behind the appointment did it with something else at the back of his or her mind, otherwise the person would have acted well his or her part by informing him or the mother or even the daughter herself.
The daughter and the entire family reject the appointment.”