BY DAPO AKINREFON
ADO-EKITI — CHAIRMAN of the ad-hoc committee on  Media of the House of Representatives, Mr. Opeyemi Bamidele has condemned the call by former President Olusegun Obasanjo for the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr. Aminu Tambuwal to resign.

This came as he stated that the House would soon take  a stand on the proposed Islamic Banking by the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN,

Bamidele, a former Commissioner for Information and Strategy in Lagos State, described the call as a direct confrontation with the popular feeling of Nigerians.

Speaking with newsmen during the annual MOB lecture in Ado-Ekiti weekend, he said “the call was extremely unfortunate and I also want to believe that  though Chief Olusegun Obasanjo is the chairman, Board of Trustees of the PDP, what he has said is not in consonance with the position of PDP as a party.

For once, I will want to believe that he has not spoken for the party.”

I believe the statement is in direct confrontation with the popular feeling of Nigerians through their representatives in parliament, it also smack some form of allergy to the independence of the legislator that we are all clamouring for.”

“Tambuwal was not the only person that was elected, they should go back to the roots and how the problem began.

Would Chief Obasanjo have called on President Jonathan and the Vice President to resign in order to fix its zoning problem?

Why Tambuwal? It shows lack of respect for our democracy, it shows lack of respect for the rule of law, and it shows smart of an allergy to the independence of the legislature, which this country needs so much, because the legislature is the backbone of our democracy.”

On the proposed Islamic Banking system by the CBN, he said, “the appearance of the CBN governor and the manner of response by the members of parliament, to me, was not just the best that could have happened.