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pro-democracy and non-governmental organization-HUMAN RIGHTS WRITERS
ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIA (HURIWA) has asked the erstwhile governor of
Rivers State Rt.Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi and his successor in office Mr.
Nyesom Wike to stop dragging names of their spouses or families in the
political mud of discord.
In
the considered opinion of the rights group, the family unit is such a
fundamental foundation of the whole society that it must be insulated from
quicksand and ethically depraved political disagreements amongst divergent
political camps anchoring to win or retain political power in Rivers state come
2019.
In
a statement by the National coordinator comrade Emmanuel Onwubiko and
the National media Affairs Director Miss. Zainab Yusuf, HURIWA asked
the duo of governor Wike and the transportation minister Chibuike Amaechi to
exercise restraint and decorum and respect their distinctive families.
HURIWA admonished both
the current and former Rivers State governors to limit their disagreements to
pure ideological crusade and argue based on political facts and figures and
avoid the temptation of reducing their conversations in the public domain to
the “bedroom issues” of their wives or children because the family as the
foundation that builds an enduring society must not be destroyed because of
temporary political fights.
HURIWA therefore
condemned the revelation in a radio programme by the governor of Rivers State
Mr. Nyesom Wike in which he was reported as casting aspersion on the wife of
the transportation minister for allegedly receiving monthly settlements
from the political appointees in the state executive council under her husband
for eight years.
The
Rights group dismissed this line of public allegations as wholly unnecessary
and uncalled for especially coming from the Rivers State governor who is looked
upon by millions of youth and human rights organizations as a symbol of
virtuous Christian family man who is reputed to be enjoying a very happy
and joyous family life.
“We
plead with these two political giants of the Niger Delta to respect the African
traditional value system and leave their families out of their temporary
political infighting. The family's sanctity must not be unduly violated".
"The
political battles of the two should basically be focused on political
ideologies and not to engage in infantile “Kitchen- like quarrels" of
petty traders”.
The
Rights group reminded both Chibuike Amaechi and Nyesom Wike that: “In Africa
for instance, the traditional background of the family encouraged all members
of the respective families to promote, protect and nurture the basic African
cultural values like respect for elders; community fellow feelings as reflected
in communal land tenure and ownership; live-and-let-live-philosophy, altruism
(including economic and medical variants of it): and hospitality."
HURIWA argues that
since the family builds the world, all African families and families everywhere
in the world should promote those attributes which projects the common good of
humanity.
"Such
attributes includes peace, unity, love, social justice and truth. That is the
real meaning of traditional marriage especially against the background of
African family value system”.
HURIWA recalled that Rivers State Governor, Chief Nyesom Ezenwo Wike,
had alleged that each commissioner and local government chairman in the state
paid the erstwhile governor’s wife, Judith, N3million and N2million monthly
respectively.
HURIWA quoted the as saying that: "while some paid N3million,
others paid N2million to the Amaechi’s wife. He said he was aware of the
payments because he was Chief of Staff to Amaechi and had knowledge of what
happened then".
Wike, reportedly made
the revelation during an interview on Rhythm FM Port Harcourt on Monday.
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