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Senate to allow Magu defend EFCC budget
The Senate will allow the embattled acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim Magu, defend the budget of the agency irrespective of outstanding issues concerning his confirmation, Vanguard has learned.
The inclination of the Senate despite earlier assertions to the contrary was informed by the fact that the Senate was yet to take a decision on the re-submission of his name for confirmation by President Muhammadu Buhari.
Chairman, Senate Committee on Anti- Corruption and Financial Crimes, Senator Chukwuka Utazi told Vanguard that the committee would maintain the status quo by inviting Magu to the defend the 2017 budget estimate of the commission on the ground that he remains the acting chairman of the commission.
“We are going to maintain the status quo, we are going to invite everyone, we are going to invite the acting Chairman of EFCC, Magu; he is still the acting Chairman of EFCC. Until he is removed, we will invite him for the budget defence and at the moment, he has not been removed.”
Vanguard, February 2, 2017
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