Group threatens to sue Ugwuanyi over delayed Enugu cabinet
01 August 2019 |
3:23 am
The Civil Realisation and Advancement Network (CRRAN) has threatened to invoke Section 193 of the 1999 Constitution (as amended) against Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi for his continued delay in constituting a cabinet for Enugu State. It has therefore given the governor seven days to do so or face a legal action. In a statement yesterday in…
The Civil Realisation and Advancement Network (CRRAN) has threatened to invoke Section 193 of the 1999 Constitution (as amended) against Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi for his continued delay in constituting a cabinet for Enugu State.
It has therefore given the governor seven days to do so or face a legal action.
In a statement yesterday in Enugu by its coordinator, Olu Omotayo, the rights group contended that it was alien to the constitution for a governor to continue to run government without a cabinet more than one month after taking office.
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