The crisis rocking the leadership of the Senior Staff Association of Electricity and Allied Companies (SSAEAC) took a new twist when the National Executive Council (NEC) of the Association announced the impeachment of its president-general, Dr Chris Okonkwo. Okonkwo has however described his impeachment as a joke taken too far.
At a press conference held in Kano, SSAEAC National Public Relations Officer, Abubakar Umar Abubakar disclosed that the Council had agreed on the impeachment of Dr Okonkwo over frequent breaches of the constitution, as well as to save the Union from total collapse.
Abubakar alleged that: “Okonkwo has been running the affairs of SSAEAC as a private estate and all efforts to reconcile him with members failed. He had turned deaf ears to issues affecting the progress of the Union, hence the need to take urgent action to save the Union.
“We [Council members] believed that many of Okonkwo offenses are issues that could be resolved amicably without washing our linen in the public, but Okonkwo had rebuffed all entreaties made towards achieving a peaceful resolution of the issues.
“Moreover, the leadership of the union could not continue to watch Okonkwo turning himself into a dictator without taking a step that would safeguard the union from collapse.
“After due consultations with the Union members, Dr Chris Okonkwo is hereby Impeached as SSAEAC President-General effective from today, 12th August 2021,” Mohammed declared.
The Council then appointed Musa Gambo Muhammed as the new acting president-general of the Association.
Responding, Okonkwo in a statement signed by the Association Secretary described his alleged impeachment as a joke taken too far.
According to the statement, “the self-acclaimed Council members who signed the impeachment notice are former suspended Members of the Council but now expelled.”
The reasons for the alleged impeachment were termed “atrocities” and the Association’s Constitution & Code of Practice from where they might have drawn their powers were not referenced.
“From the foregoing, it is very clear that the so-called impeachment from the Group was a gross, misguided adventure. As aforementioned – How can 16 Members impeach the Head of a 38 member-Council. Is it by a simple majority? And from what perspective are they drawing the privileges?
“Above and beyond, the Group’s matter was extensively deliberated during the emergency NEC meeting on – 16th August 2021 and the Council’s unanimous decision was to expel them from the Association.
“So the purported impeachment of Dr Okonkwo and termination of the appointment of the GS were as a result, null, void and of no recognition.”
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