The Senate Committee on Ethics, Privileges and Public Petitions will on Tuesday submit its report on a petition against the nomination of former Rivers State Governor, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, as minister of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
Chairman of the committee, Senator Samuel Anyanwu, stated this while fielding questions from reporters in Abuja on Monday.
This came just as the committee turned down the consideration of a petition against Hajia Aisha Abubakar as Sokoto State ministerial nominee.
Anyanwu told reporters that Senate Ethics committee had concluded its report on the petition against Amaechi’s nomination and will present it to the Senate on Tuesday for consideration.
He said it is his expectation that the Senate will consider the report on Tuesday and do what it considered to be the right thing.
Amaechi, who was on the first batch of ministerial nominees, had his screening delayed because of a petition against his nomination by a Port Harcourt based organization known as “The Integrity Group.”
The group claimed in its voluminous petition that Amaechi mismanaged N70 billion Rivers State funds when was governor of the state.
Amaechi, however, dismissed the allegation as part of the smear campaign against him.