“We are yet to locate any of the federal roads awarded with billions by Chief Anenih as Minister of Works from 1999 which was completed in the more than three years he held sway in the ministry....
“President Goodluck Jonathan GCFR, has the powers by the virtue of the powers conferred on him by the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria to delegate or appointment anybody to office; however we view the appointment of Chief Anthony Anenih to chair the Board of Directors of the Nigeria Ports Authority {NPA} as an insult to Nigerians and utter endorsement of corruption.”
The Conference of Nigerian Political Parties has condemned the appointment of Tony Anenih, former Minister of Works as the chairman of the board of the Nigeria Ports Authority (NPA).
In a statement signed by its spokesman, Osita Okechukwu, the CNPP said Mr Anenih’s appointment is “an insult to Nigerians and endorsement of corruption.”
The CNPP said the Ports Authority had been infested in “endemic corruption,” since the days of two PDP leaders - Bamaga Tukur and Bode George - as its head.
“For the endemic corruption in NPA, we are alarmed that President Jonathan instead of nominating a credible, transparent and maritime professional to clean the Augean Stable in the rotten Nigeria Port Authority; has wittingly insulted the intelligence of Nigerians by appointing Chief Anenih whose notoriety in public office is legendary,” it said.
The CNPP said Mr Anenih failed woefully as Minister of Works.
