Governor of Kano State, Rabiu
Kwankwaso on Friday described the appointment of the chairman of the National
Population Commission (NPC), Mr. Festus Odimegwu Odimegwu as a big mistake,
saying if the former Nigeria Brewery boss was not a drunk, he would not so
terribly ill of the 2006 census.
Kwanwkaso, who said this while
addressing State House correspondents after he met with President Goodluck
Jonathan at the presidential villa, wondered why someone who had only alcohol
as credentials throughout his career should be appointment to head a sensitive
government commission like the NPC in the first place.
If it were not a colossal mistake,
the governor added, all Odimegwu would have done was to quietly correct any
wrong by his predecessor rather than condemning it in the public.
He said, "We are not happy
about that appointment and think that it was a mistake. Festus shouldn't be
there in the first place. Why; because, you see, unfortunately, somebody read
his CV. He had only one thing in the alcohol industry, all his life. And my
guess is that he's taking a lot of his products and that is why we feel that
his appointment is a mistake because he cannot be the chairman of NPC and at
the same time be attacking what his predecessor had done.
"Even if it was wrong, he now
has the good opportunity to correct it, but instead of doing that, he has been
running around to discredit the 2006 census."
Recounting the first time he came
across Odimegwu, Kwankwaso said, "I just met that man when I was Minister
of Defence, we had a military occasion in the East and just when we were about
to finish, protocol came and told me that President Obasanjo had another thing
to do, and I followed him and just went there and saw a big brewery.
"And they said he was the head
but the way he was talking then, I knew immediately after the appointment that
there was a mistake there."
Source: Leadership
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