{"id":98175,"date":"2022-08-15T12:07:15","date_gmt":"2022-08-15T11:07:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=98175"},"modified":"2022-08-15T12:07:15","modified_gmt":"2022-08-15T11:07:15","slug":"campaign-appointment-resign-as-minister-group-urges-keyamo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/campaign-appointment-resign-as-minister-group-urges-keyamo\/","title":{"rendered":"Campaign appointment: Resign as minister, group urges Keyamo"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\">The Transition Monitoring Group has called for the resignation of the Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo, following his appointment as the spokesperson for the Tinubu Presidential Campaign Organisation.<\/p>\n<p>The All Progressives Congress had on August 4, 2022 confirmed Keyamo\u2019s appointment as spokesman for the party\u2019s presidential campaign organisation.<\/p>\n<p>But the Chairman of TMG, Awwal Ibrahim Rafsanjani, faulted the appointment, noting that Keyamo must resign as minister to enable him carry out his campaign appointment.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking with the media Rafsanjani noted that there will be conflict of interest if Keyamo did not resign.<\/p>\n<p>Rafsanjani said, \u201cThe Transition Monitoring Group is urging him (Keyamo) to step aside and focus on his new work so that there won\u2019t be too much conflict of interest and there will be productivity in the work he is doing as spokesperson.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCombining these roles is completely a conflict of interest. He is to speak for the general public as a minister but now, his job is for his presidential candidate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rafsanjani, who is also the Executive Director of Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre, stated that as minister, Keyamo ought to be impartial.<\/p>\n<p>The activist said, \u201cHis position as minister is not about a party, it\u2019s about the nation. It is about the country and it is supposed to be impartial.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is supposed to be no bias because he\u2019s representing everybody as far as that ministerial work is concerned.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut now, what he\u2019s promoting is an individual and a political party.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo definitely, there is a conflict of interest in what he\u2019s supposed to be doing for the nation. So he cannot be productive as a minister anymore.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rafsanjani noted that Keyamo cannot be entitled to privileges from both positions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is no basis for him to remain as a minister because he is doing another job. 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