The Senate has declared that the
submission of President Muhammadu Buhari’s much-anticipated ministerial list
was beyond its control.
Chairman of the Senate Committee
on Media and Public Affairs, Adedayo Adeyeye, said this in reaction to the
apprehension generated over the delay of the executive to submit the
ministerial list to the Senate for consideration and approval.
Adeyeye insisted that the Senate
lacked the constitutional power to generate the ministerial list, adding that President
Muhammadu Buhari was yet to transmit the ministerial list to the Senate.
Addressing reporters in Abuja
after plenary yesterday, Adeyeye said Senators were as anxious as other
Nigerians to receive the list.
He said: “We cannot keep the
list, if the list is transmitted to the President of the Senate, it will be
read immediately. We are too eager like I have told you, we want to hit the
ground running.
“This is an activity that is not
within our control and there is nothing we can do about it. Like I said here
two or three days ago, this matter is not within the control of the Senate.
“We cannot generate the list on
our own. The constitution does not permit us to do that. The constitution has
assigned responsibility to various part of government and it is the prerogative
of the executive to nominate ministers which will then be confirmed by the
Senate.
“Until that duty is undertaken by
the executive there is nothing we can do about that. Whether we are hopeful or
not is neither here nor there.”
This is coming at a time
President of the Senate, Senator Ahmad Lawan, disclosed that the Senate will
before the end of this week, receive the list of ministerial nominees from
Buhari.
Lawan stated this while
responding to a Point of Order raised by Senator Albert Bassey Akpan (PDP, Akwa
Ibom North East) who expressed worries over the delay in the presentation of
the list by the Executive to the Legislative arm.
Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everyday
Advertise on NigerianEye.com to reach thousands of our daily users
No comments
Post a Comment
Kindly drop a comment below.
(Comments are moderated. Clean comments will be approved immediately)
Advert Enquires - Reach out to us at NigerianEye@gmail.com