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Embattled Former Governor Amaechi Not Likely To Be Screened Tuesday, National Assembly Sources Say

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Former Governor, Rotimi Amaechi’s scheduled screening expected to take place on Tuesday may have been postponed again for the third time according to a Senator who spoke with NewsWireNGR on anonymous condition.

“The allegations before Amaechi is huge with clear evidence which bordered on financial disbursement without due process” The Senator said.

The source however added that “theres currently disagreement between members of the senate ethics committee over Amaechi”

The chairman of the committee, Senator Samuel Anyanwu, told reporters at the end of the committee’s meeting on Monday that the report of the petition against the nomination of Mr Amaechi would be submitted at plenary.

Mr Amaechi was billed to be screened last week but the Senate could not proceed with his screening, as the committee could not submit its report.

For two days last week, the attention of Nigerians was fixed on the National Assembly, as the Senate began the screening of ministerial nominees.

The Senate finally screened and confirmed 18 ministerial nominees and resolved to continue with the screening this week.

The nomination of the former Governor of Rivers State, Mr Amaechi, has been enmeshed in controversy.

Mr Amaechi has a petition filed against him by a group in Rivers State over allegations of corruption and criminal breach of trust.

The Senate forwarded the petition to its Committee on Ethics, Privileges and Public Petition to investigate and report back to the Senate before Mr Amaechi would be screened.

However, the committee was unable to present the report to the Senate last week and this stalled the screening of the former Governor of Rivers State.

Underground bickering and rumours of a division among the Senators over the screening of Mr Amaechi notwithstanding, the chairman of the committee said the report would be submitted on the floor of the Senate.

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