Bash92: FORMER Special Adviser to the President on National
Assembly Matters, Senator Joy Emodi, has reacted to
speculations making the rounds on the reasons for
her sack. Irked by reports that her sack was not unconnected
with the bribe-for-impeachment drama that allegedly
rocked the House of Representatives recently, Emodi
denied knowledge of anything that has to do with
‘money-sharing’ in the National Assembly. She stated that she has never been part of any plan to
give financial inducement in order to impeach any
member of the House. Speaking with Vanguard, yesterday, she also denied
having any shouting match with anybody over $
25,000 allegedly given to National Assembly
members, saying most of the reports published about
her were false. “I was surprised to read the report of my alleged
involvement in the money-sharing scandal. I was not
given any money to share and definitely, the alleged
money shared did not pass through my office. I have
never brought any money to the National Assembly. If
they brought money to the members, they know who brought it but not me. I don’t know anything about it.
And more over, I don’t encourage such things. “They said I had a shouting match with Diezani and
that was not true. I have never fought with her. She is
my friend and we only meet during occasional
meetings. She is not a member of the National
Assembly. “I have heard all kinds of things since last Friday but
you must realise that National Assembly members
are my colleagues. I used to be one of them. I was
there as a member of the House and a senator. I was
relating with them through dialogue and diplomacy.
You don’t achieve anything by fighting.”[b][/b]
Asked to shed more light on what transpired before
her sack, she said she owes a lot of gratitude to
President Goodluck Jonathan for letting her serve as
his Adviser. “I thank the President and all the legislators for the
opportunity given to me to work with them. I enjoyed
working with them” President Goodluck Jonathan had last week Friday
relieved Mrs Joy Emodi, (Special Adviser on National
Assembly) and Dr. Tunji Olagunju, (Special Adviser on
New Partnership for African Development (NEPAD) of
their duties without giving any reason. The statement
of her sack was read by Mr Rueben Abati, Special Adviser to the President on Media. Senator Emodi was appointed to the position in 2011,
and walked the difficult path of forging cordiality
between the administration and the often skeptical
National Assembly. She was able to win the
confidence of the legislators despite the hard feelings
felt towards some elements in the administration while Mr. Olagunju had served as Special Adviser to
the President on NEPAD since June 2007. The new Peoples Democratic Party, nPDP in a reaction
had kicked against the sack of Emodi urging her recall. The party’s statement read: “We learnt Senator Joy
Emodi was sacked as Special Adviser to the President
on National Assembly Matters because of her candid
advice that inducing members of the National
Assembly financially to impeach their principal
officers would be counter-productive. If this is true, we hereby demand her immediate reinstatement. For Senator Emordi to be bold enough to tell Mr.
President the implication of such a corrupt inducement
of the lawmakers should earn her commendation
rather than a sack. Instead of sacking such a
forthright and patriotic Amazon, the President should
sack those hawks around him planning to ridicule him by encouraging him to embark on acts capable of
making him very unpopular amongst his supporters
and followers.”

yibomustgo:

@the highlighted

Definitely someone brought money to induce lawmakers. She also showed us that Jonathan is hell bent on just fighting everyone who opposes his politics when she said "You don't achieve anything by fighting."

yibomustgo:

@the highlighted

Definitely someone brought money to induce lawmakers. She also showed us that Jonathan is hell bent on just fighting everyone who opposes his politics when she said "You don't achieve anything by fighting."

homesteady: I'm sure it was sahara reporters that came up with the bribe story!