AGF Malami misleading FG, Reps declare

The House of Representatives, at the weekend, accused the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, AGF, Abubakar Malami, of misleading the federal government over issues of House resolutions.The Reps blamed the AGF of being responsible for the federal government’s non-compliance with some of the resolutions made by the National Assembly.

The accusation was made by the Chairman, House Committee on Rules and Business, Emmanuel Orker-Jev, APC-Benue, while briefing newsmen in Abuja on the legislative activities of the 8th House in its one year anniversary.

Orker-Jev however said the House recorded an improved executive compliance to resolutions in its first legislative year, unlike what was obtainable in the past.

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According to him, before the current dispensation, public officers were in the habbit of running to the courts to obtain restraining orders or running to the presidency for protection instead of complying with resolutions passed by the National Assembly.

However, Orker-Jev blamed the serving AGF for non-compliance of some of the resolutions of the National Assembly, especially the resolution on Kogi State, adding that instead of the Attorney General to advise the Presidency accordingly on some of the resolutions, he would do the contrary.

He said: “Unfortunately, it is those we expect should know better that fail to comply with the resolutions. You have the Attorney General of the Federation who advised against the implementation of the resolution of the National Assembly when the House took a resolution that Kogi Assembly be closed as a result of the crisis there.

“The Inspector General complied, unfortunately the advice came thereafter and it was opened up. People know that this is a democracy and it must be respected, things will get better but for now, I think it is a learning process.”

According to him, the House, in its first one year, had a total of a 530 motions introduced, 63 passed as resolutions, 20 withdrawn, 446 referred to committees and one deferred.