SENATE ENCOURAGE TRANSPARENCY, CONFIRM DORA AKUNYILI !

The Nigerian Senate must not thwart Professor Dora Akunyili's cabinet nomination, just because some of its membership, affiliated with the cabal want to punish her for speaking out? Her confirmation should be based on her qualification, competence and performance-ability; but surely not on the petty and mundane that she should not have spoken out to end the President Umaru Yar'Adua imbroglio and hostage-taking of the Nigeria?

Her action was very courageous and patriotic which in a more civilized functional society would have earned her some commendation for bravely taking a stand on a lingering political bad situation. If however she is denied or stopped from this opportunity to serve, such repugnant reprisal will have a permanent catastrophic chilling effect on future public servants and would-be whistle-blowers, which will only damage Nigeria further.Professor Dora Akunyili should be praised, encouraged and rewarded with any choice ministry as she may desire; but not in anyway chastised or punished by not confirming her, for saying what she said; and she said nothing wrong.

As always, the Nigerian senate should know that the world is aware of the intrigues currently taking place and are curiously watching developments therein in Nigeria; including of course whether this one-of-a-kind lady will be unnecessarily punished by not confirming her because she took such a courageous stand to end the hold-out Yar'Adua's direct government. Professor Dora Akunyili as a catalyst which helped force the Jonathan Goodluck's pseudo-presidency into the fore, deserves and should be recognized with her confirmation as a minister designate. To do otherwise therefore shall raise questions of the fairness and dispassionate of the senate, and strongly suggests that Nigerian Senators lacked the backbone to stand up to the Yar'Adua cabal?Therefore, the Nigerian Senate must be above board, rise up to the occasion and re-confirm Dora Akunyili as a minister; and allow her to serve Nigeria - a job which she passionately have discharged for some years now and creditably well, too. So NIGERIAN SENATORS DO NOT BE A CLOG IN THE WHEEL OF TRANSPARENCY, CONFIRM DORA AKUNYILI!