Date Published: 02/04/10

Akunyili rebuffs PDP, says "I cannot withdraw my memo"

Mrs. Dora Akunyili, Minister for Information and Communication

Information and Communication Minister, Mrs. Dora Akunyili, has rejected moves made by the embattled Peoples Democratic Party, PDP that she withdraw a memorandum issued at the last Federal Executive Council, FEC meeting asking President Umaru Musa Ya’r Adua to hand over on health ground.

At the regular weekly meeting of the Executive Council of the Federation, Mrs Akunyili stunned her colleagues by presenting the memo in which she challenged them to tell Nigerians the truth about the president's health and stop deceiving the people.

Akunyili, as requested by members of the FEC has now sent the memo to the cabinet office from where it would be distributed to all the FEC members, pointblanknews.com have learnt.

Pointblanknews.com was informed by a source that soon after the memo was first issued at the FEC meeting; the PDP leadership became very agitated and swiftly sent it emissaries to the Minister for what a source described as a “very serious talk.”

The source added that one of the party leadership who spoke to Akunyili was very shocked to hear the Minister who was hitherto defending the FEC on its decision to back Yar’Adua now singing a different song.

“The man was very shocked when madam told him boldly that she cannot withdraw the memo and till now, they are still trying to convince her.

According to the source, “madam told them that the memo was not about her but about the future of Nigeria and that besides, she cannot withdraw it because her name was at stake.”