By SIMON EBEGBULEM
BENIN — A Political group in Edo State, the Edo Reformative Democrats, yesterday, advised  President Goodluck Jonathan to constitute a Federal Executive Council that is based on credibility, fairness and justice.

While commending the President for what they described as the sincerity he had exhibited so far in his resolve to move the country forward, the group in a statement  by Mr Richard Ofemu and Mrs Lucy Omagbon, urged him to commence his reform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP,  by ensuring that capable persons in the party were appointed as ministers in the next cabinet.

The group which is made up of PDP leaders in Edo State, said “without mincing words, we humbly recommend Prof. Julius Ihonvbere from Edo State PDP nominees as an undoubted personality that stands out clearly to meet the President’s noble virtues of fairness, justice and merit. Prof Ihonvbere is the most experienced, having served meritoriously as Special Adviser on Project Monitoring and Implementation to former President Olusegun Obasanjo.

“Mr President will be promoting a philosophy of justice if Prof. Ihonvbere was considered, having come from Edo North senatorial district which has never had the benefit of a ministerial appointment,” they added.

“The requirement of merit in the Federal Executive Council is self explanatory in the case of Prof.Ihonvbere. Apart from that fact that he is more qualified, his appointment will be a great boost to the state PDP which needs serious overhaul which is the major objective of this group.

We appeal to Mr President to apply wisdom like Solomon so that political jobbers will not hijack the system” it stated.