Presidency rules out fresh communication to Senate on Magu

President Muhammadu Buhari will not communicate to the Senate his latest position on the acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Mr. Ibrahim Magu, The PUNCH has learnt.

The Senate had, on March 15, 2017, requested the President to nominate a replacement for Magu following the rejection of his nomination by the legislature.

The upper chamber of the National Assembly said the rejection, which was based on security report by the Department of State Services, had ended Magu’s chairmanship of the EFCC in acting capacity.

But Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo had, last week, ruled out the possibility of replacing Magu, saying the President did not find the security report prepared by the DSS, which formed the basis for Magu’s rejection, a strong reason to replace Magu.

When asked when the latest government’s position would be sent to the Senate, a source in the Presidency told Punch correspondent on Tuesday that Buhari did not need to communicate his latest position to the Senate.

Punch, April 19, 2017

 

 

 

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