President Muhammadu Buhari may not heed the call by the Senate for the sack of the Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Mr. Ibrahim Magu, despite ongoing efforts to end their face-off, according to reports.
The Senate had last week stepped down the confirmation of 27 Resident Electoral Commissioners whose nominations were sent by Buhari for two weeks over the President’s failure to implement some of the resolutions of the National Assembly.
At the centre of the crisis is Magu’s continued stay in office in acting capacity despite the fact that the Senate had rejected his nomination on two occasions.
The President had on Wednesday set up a committee chaired by Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo to look into the face-off with a view to ending it.
Despite the peace move, Buhari has not changed his position on Magu.
A Presidency source ruled out the possibility that the President may abandon Magu in order to allow peace to reign.
“The President will stick to Magu. Shopping for a replacement is not on the card at the moment,” the source said.
When reminded that Magu’s sack is key among the Senate’s demands, the source said that is why former senators, who are now ministers, are members of the committee set up by the President.
“The former senators are expected to leverage on their experience in the National Assembly to come up with how to reach out to their former colleagues without necessarily compromising government’s position on the matter,” he added.
Chaired by Osinbajo, the committee has all ministers who are former members of the National Assembly, the president’s liaison officers in the National Assembly and all ministers who have personal relationship with the lawmakers as members.
Ministers who are former senators include Chris Ngige (Labour and Employment), Udo Udoma (Budget and National Planning), Heineken Lokpobiri (State, Agriculture and Natural Resources), Hadi Sirika (State for Aviation) and Aisha Alhassan (Women Affairs).
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MAGU should not be removed nor matter what the case may be.
ReplyDeleteWho should appoint who in Nigeria......senate or our gcfr
ReplyDeleteWhat are the mechanism of offence and defence that guides senate rejection of mugu with regards to gcfr requirements .....who is responsible for approval and appointment in Nigerian....what is the policy and politics behind this rigorous processes
ReplyDeleteSomething is fundamentally wrong with a system that permits people of dubious character and integrity to attain leadership position over hardworking diligent and conscientious people. We need to reform this system and raise the bar for the process of leader selection. These crop of Senators are just not it!!
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