The lawmakers declared the
no-confidence vote on the IGP after an emergency joint meeting on Tuesday.
They accused the police IGP of
harassing their colleagues, including Senate President Bukola Saraki and Dino
Melaye, senator representing Kogi west senatorial district.
But speaking on a Channels TV
programme on Wednesday night, Malami said: “Within the purview of the
constitution, if you look at section 4 of the constitution alongside Section 88
of the constitution, I think the fundamental functions of the legislature is
lawmaking within the context and spirit of section 4 of the constitution and
two, is oversight.
“The oversight function is not
open-ended in all sincerity. Within the context of the workings of the
ministries, departments and agencies, the major responsibility of the national
assembly is exposing corruption. That is the bottom line.
“I cannot in all sincerity come
to terms with the reality of the declaration of the vote of no confidence
against the IG, where to situate it within the context of the lawmaking
responsibility of the national assembly and within the context of exposing
corruption.”
Gabi Abdullahi, spokesman of the
senate, however, disagreed with the AGF, saying the lawmakers’ constitutional
power does not only apply to the issue of corruption.
Abdullahi, who was also featured
on the programme hosted by Kadaria Ahmed, said: “I don’t agree with that
(Malami’s position) because that section says inefficiency or waste in the
execution or administration of laws within its legislative competence and in
the disbursement or administration of funds appropriated by it. So, it is not
just the issue of corruption itself.”
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