Some politicians in Lagos have called on the Federal Government to look for another person to manage the affairs of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
The politicians said in interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on
Monday in Lagos that the Acting Chairman of the commission, Ibrahim
Magu, was not the only Nigerian competent to manage it.'
NAN reports that the senate has twice refused to confirm Magu’s nomination
as the EFCC Chairman based on allegations made against him by the Department of State Service (DSS).
Chief Ola Apena, Deputy Chairman of Lagos State Chapter of PDP, advised the
government not to leave Nigerians with the impression that nobody else could
do the job.
“Magu is not the only Nigeria that can manage EFCC; other Nigerians have
done it before.
“If the DSS concludes that Magu does not possess the level of integrity and
transparency needed, so be it. “I do not think there should be any fuse about it as a section of the society is making it to look. National Assembly members are not the ones who wrote
the report,’’ Apena said.
Mr Dennis Aghanya, Executive of Anti-Corruption and Research-based Data Initiative, urged
President Muhammadu Buhari to nominate somebody else in place of Magu.
“Magu has tried; his name will go down in history as one of the Acting EFCC Chairmen Nigeria had.
“There are other competent and qualified persons for the job.
“The president should not insist any further,’’ Aghanya said.
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He called on the National Assembly to mend the EFCC Act to accommodate people in other professions as EFCC chairman instead of only the police or armed forces.
Chief Martin Onovo, the 2015 Presidential Candidate of the National
Conscience Party (NCP), urged Buhari to seek security clearance of a certain
class of nominees to avoid what happened to Magu.'
“The senate has a constitutional role to screen nominees from the president for certain positions; the senate has played constitutional role.
“The senate can hold an opinion in direct contradiction with the president’s,’’ Onovo said. Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everyday
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The Senate with credible members will get the support of Patriotic Nigerians not the house of looters and taxes invaders.
ReplyDeleteOur main leadership problem in this country for now is that Buhari and Osinbajo are the only clean and trusted leaders. The rest are bunch of corrupt criminals. The Senate and rep as constituted now are the most apologetic institution in the world.
ReplyDeleteOur main leadership problem in this country for now is that Buhari and Osinbajo are the only clean and trusted leaders. The rest are bunch of corrupt criminals. The Senate and rep as constituted now are the most apologetic institution in the world.
ReplyDeleteThey've been screening and approving both succubus and incubus, criminals and thieves, corrupt and looters, for once that they decided to do the right thing, people are calling them names.
ReplyDeleteIf the Senate were the ones that wrote the dss report, it would have been a different issue but the executive is in charge of the dss and the dss wrote the report that indicted Magu, so why blame the Senate for doing its job or do u want them to overlook the security report which indicted Magu? Receive some sense.
The only one we know is not a scumbag is the one they are rejecting??
DeletePMB has a right to live MAGU there on acting capacity through out his tenure. Police have indicated Saraki and Ekweremadu on Senate standing rules manipulations for the election of Saraki .why Saraki still on seat as very currupt politician's
ReplyDeleteLet's scrutiny that write up by DSS how true is the content. Does DSS have the right to make conclusion like "will be a threat to the anticorruption stance of the current government"? Whose opinion?? The DG DSS??
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