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Customs boss, Ali: Senate’s rift with Presidency worsens
The face-off between the Senate and the Presidency is set to escalate upon the Senate’s rebuff of the plea by Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, to defer the summons to the Comptroller-General of Customs, Col. Hameed Ali (retd).
Clerk of the Senate, Mr. Nelson Ayewoh, Vanguard learned at the weekend, has been instructed to write Mr. Malami to formally reject his claim that the Senate cannot summon Ali upon the claim that the Customs C-G has gone to court to stop the Senate from compelling him to appear in uniform before it.
This came as the ruling party, the All Progressives Congress, APC, yesterday, announced its resolve to intervene in the on-going rift between the Executive and the National Assembly, saying a meeting had been fixed between its National Working Committee, NWC, and party’s Senate caucus tomorrow.
The party also warned of dire action against troublemakers who might derail its trouble-shooting venture.
Vanguard, April 3, 2017
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Oise Oikelomen
April 3, 2017 at 1:59 pm
The party’s move to intervene is a bit belated and uncalled for, especially considering that the presidency has already set up a committee headed by the VP to parley with NASS and resolve the issues and the Senate has indicated their willingness to cooperate with the committee. The so called NWC should not come and complicate matters further, abeg. Too many cooks spoil the broth.
And the party’s warning of “dire actions” against troublemakers is laughable to me. Since when did the party have serious control over its members who hold elective office?