Presidency/Senate Rift, Senators Under Fire By Isah Bala
Unveiling events in the recent weeks has shown that the Nigerian Senate has been at loggerheads with the Presidency, twice turning down
President Muhammadu's request that the Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu, be confirmed as the substantive chair of the anti-graft agency.
The Senate has also refused the confirmation cof the 27 names the President nominated as resident electoral commissioners because the President refused to heed its request that Magu be removed as Acting Chair of EFCC
and the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption (PACAC) chairman, Prof Itse Sagay (SAN) shun an invitation extended to him by the lawmakers, describing the invitation as “childish and irresponsible. "
The face-off took a new dimension yesterday with calls for the resignation of Dr. Bukola Saraki as Senate President and threats by a coalition of 250 civil society groups to
dislodge him and other senators.
President Muhammadu's request that the Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu, be confirmed as the substantive chair of the anti-graft agency.
The Senate has also refused the confirmation cof the 27 names the President nominated as resident electoral commissioners because the President refused to heed its request that Magu be removed as Acting Chair of EFCC
and the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption (PACAC) chairman, Prof Itse Sagay (SAN) shun an invitation extended to him by the lawmakers, describing the invitation as “childish and irresponsible. "
The face-off took a new dimension yesterday with calls for the resignation of Dr. Bukola Saraki as Senate President and threats by a coalition of 250 civil society groups to
dislodge him and other senators.
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