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Magu: Senate considers going to S-Court

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The Senate leadership is considering two options to overcome constitutional hindrances being projected by administration officials not to seek fresh Senate confirmation for Mr. Ibrahim Magu, as Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.

Following the second Senate rejection of Mr. Magu, administration officials and sympathisers had cited section 171 of the constitution to buttress the claim that Mr. Magu does not need Senate confirmation.

The provision stipulates that the President shall have the power to make appointments, including ambassadors, permanent secretaries, and heads of extra-ministerial departments.

Ibrahim Magu, Acting Executive Chairman, EFCC The contentious provision now in dispute, Section 171 (4) states: “An appointment to the office of Ambassador, High Commissioner or other Principal Representative of Nigeria abroad shall not have effect unless the appointment is confirmed by the Senate.”

The provision specifically does not make mention of heads of extra-ministerial departments as requiring Senate confirmation, a development that has prompted some in the legal community, including Mr. Femi Falana (SAN), to assert that Magu or heads of extra-ministerial departments do not need Senate confirmation.

Responding to the development, a senior official of the Senate said the Senate was pondering the option of going to the Supreme Court or altering that provision.

Vanguard, April 18, 2017

 

 

 

 

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  1. JOHNSON PETER

    April 18, 2017 at 6:10 pm

    I pray the Supreme Court makes the judgement in favour of the executives so as to put the Senate to silence.

    • Anita Kingsley

      April 18, 2017 at 6:38 pm

      Your prayer cannot be answered because the law is different from spirituality, you don’t need to go spiritual on what’s causing more problems to the country, said when executive cannot win in court. All these unqualified people need to be removed from government

      • yanju omotodun

        April 19, 2017 at 4:20 am

        You have no sense as for you. Anything happening in physical realm is controlled by the spirit world. Be sensitive.

    • yanju omotodun

      April 19, 2017 at 4:19 am

      The fact is that even the judiciary wont favour the executives after all the molestation done to them. Buhari has stepped on so many toes.

      • Balarabe musa

        April 19, 2017 at 5:18 am

        He didn’t molest them. He only sanitize the polluted judiciary.

  2. Agbor Chris

    April 18, 2017 at 6:28 pm

    It’s best the provision is being altered, else more hooligans will be appointed into public offices and the senate won’t be able to do anything about them, to give room for credible people, the constitution provisions should be looked into and reworked.

  3. Animashaun Ayodeji

    April 18, 2017 at 6:44 pm

    I knew it will result to going to the court, the lawmakers are not relenting, the executives are also not giving up. The court of law will be the place to settle the issue. I hope the court will not use favoritism in giving its judgement

    • Balarabe musa

      April 19, 2017 at 5:19 am

      It’s clear case. Just to interpret the law for both parties.

    • Joy Madu

      April 19, 2017 at 5:56 am

      Favoritism will come in because our judges are now into bribbing and corruption so less have it in mind that favoritism will come in giving judgement

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