PAP CONFERS AMBASSADORIAL STATUS ON BETHEL AMADI – EXPRESSES APPRECIATION TO NIGERIA



PAP CONFERS AMBASSADORIAL STATUS ON BETHEL AMADI – EXPRESSES APPRECIATION TO NIGERIA
The Pan African Parliament (PAP) at the 5th day of the Sixth Ordinary Session of the Third Parliament approved a motion conferring Ambassadorial status on its outgoing President, His Excellency, Hon. Bethel Amadi.
Moving the motion which was unanimously adopted after some amendments, its chief sponsor, Hon. Martin Bohue of Cote D’Ivoire recalled the remarkable contributions of Hon. Amadi towards the institutional development of PAP in his capacity as President. Continuing, Hon. Bohue appreciated Hon. Bethel Amadi’s wisdom, humility, availability, leadership and open mindedness as well as his quality as a negotiator and unifier. Considering the urgent need for the signing and ratification of the Protocol to the Constitutive Act of the African Union (AU) relating to the Pan African Parliament as adopted at Malabo, Equatorial Guinea in June 2014, Hon. Bohue therefore moved that PAP should designate Hon. Bethel Amadi as Ambassador of the Pan African Parliament charged with the promotion, signing and ratification of the Protocol as revised and further  moved that PAP should make available to the Ambassador, the necessary resources required for the success of  his mission.
Seconding the motion, Hon. Dr. Bala Saratou Boukari  of Niger Republic, noted that it is not easy to manage parliamentarians from 54 countries in Africa with different languages and background and then thanked  the people of his constituency for electing Hon. Amadi to their national parliament which then made it possible for Amadi to be nominated to represent Nigeria at PAP, describing Hon. Amadi as Nigeria’s gift to Africa.
Supporting the motion, Hon. Eugene Parker of Liberia sought to amend the prayers of the motion by adding that the House should name one of the Committee rooms in honour of Hon. Amadi and that the House should write the Government  of Nigeria to express its appreciation to the Government and people of Nigeria for releasing such a brilliant and illustrious son to serve the African continent. This addition to the prayers of the motion was unanimously adopted.
Other parliamentarians who contributed in support of the motion, noted that unlike the sit tight attitude of most African leaders, Hon. Amadi has not sought to amend the Rules of the House or the PAP Protocol to enable him to seek re-election.  

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