Mamora rejects Buhari’s appointment

A former lawmaker, Senator Olurunnimbe Mamora, has rejected his
appointment as the Chairman of the Abuja Investment and
Infrastructure Centre.

Mamora, who was the Deputy Director-General of the Muhammadu
Buhari Campaign Organisation during the 2015 presidential election,
was nominated for the job by the President.

However, it was learnt that during the inauguration of the board
of the AIIC a few weeks ago, a governorship aspirant of the All
Progressives Congress in the 2016 Ondo State governorship election,
Mrs. Jumoke Ajasin-Anifowoshe, was named the chairman.

Ajasin-Anifowose, who is the daughter of the first Governor of
the old Ondo State, Adekunle Ajasin, was sworn in by the Minister
of the Federal Capital Territory, Alhaji Muhammad Bello.

Investigations by our correspondent showed that the ex-lawmaker
rejected the appointment.

A reliable source told our correspondent that Mamora had met
with the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss
Mustapha, and expressed his displeasure with the appointment.

The source said Mamora, a former Lagos State House of Assembly
Speaker and senator who represented Lagos-East senatorial district
from 2003 to 2011, felt the appointment, which is the equivalent of
a state parastatal, was not befitting.

He argued that people who never participated in the process that
brought Buhari to power were occupying the front seats of
government.

The source added that Mamora was listed to be the Chairman of
the Board of the Nigerian Ports Authority in 2016 but was edged out
by some powerful people in the system.

The source added that Mamora was also nominated as an ambassador
in late 2016 but his name was suddenly withdrawn for unknown
reasons and was not even contacted before his name was dropped.

Attempts to speak with Mamora proved abortive as repeated calls
to his phone were not responded to while a text message sent to his
mobile was not replied to as of press time.

A former lawmaker, Senator Olurunnimbe Mamora, has rejected his
appointment as the Chairman of the Abuja Investment and
Infrastructure Centre.

Mamora, who was the Deputy Director-General of the Muhammadu
Buhari Campaign Organisation during the 2015 presidential election,
was nominated for the job by the President.

However, it was learnt that during the inauguration of the board
of the AIIC a few weeks ago, a governorship aspirant of the All
Progressives Congress in the 2016 Ondo State governorship election,
Mrs. Jumoke Ajasin-Anifowoshe, was named the chairman.

Ajasin-Anifowose, who is the daughter of the first Governor of
the old Ondo State, Adekunle Ajasin, was sworn in by the Minister
of the Federal Capital Territory, Alhaji Muhammad Bello.

Investigations by our correspondent showed that the ex-lawmaker
rejected the appointment.

A reliable source told our correspondent that Mamora had met
with the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss
Mustapha, and expressed his displeasure with the appointment.

The source said Mamora, a former Lagos State House of Assembly
Speaker and senator who represented Lagos-East senatorial district
from 2003 to 2011, felt the appointment, which is the equivalent of
a state parastatal, was not befitting.

He argued that people who never participated in the process that
brought Buhari to power were occupying the front seats of
government.

The source added that Mamora was listed to be the Chairman of
the Board of the Nigerian Ports Authority in 2016 but was edged out
by some powerful people in the system.

The source added that Mamora was also nominated as an ambassador
in late 2016 but his name was suddenly withdrawn for unknown
reasons and was not even contacted before his name was dropped.

Attempts to speak with Mamora proved abortive as repeated calls
to his phone were not responded to while a text message sent to his
mobile was not replied to as of press time.