Memo: Textile workers ask Akunyili to resign – The Punch
February 8, 2010 by Bunmi Awolusi
The National Union of Textile Garment and Tailoring Workers of Nigeria on Sunday in Kaduna urged the Minister of Information and Communication, Prof. Dora Akunyili to honourably resign from the Federal Executive Council.
The NUTGTWN argued that Akunyili’s recent controversial memo to the FEC on the need for ailing President Umaru Yar’adua to hand over power to Vice President Goodluck Jonathan was belated and an afterthought.
But the Niger State Governor, Dr. Mu’azu Aliyu Babangida on Sunday cautioned those condemning Akunyili, saying her asking Yar’Adua to transmit power would save the country from further embarrassment.
Yar’Adua has been receiving treatment for acute pericardiatis in a Saudi Arabian hospital in the past two months.
