The Senate on Wednesday summoned the Chairman of the Presidential
Advisory Committee on Anti-corruption, Prof. Itse Sagay, over his comments that
the upper chamber was full of people with questionable characters.
TheNewsGuru.com reports that Sagay had on
Tuesday while reacting to the Senate’s refusal to confirm the 27 Resident
Electoral Committees (REC) nominees sent by President Muhammadu Buhari said the
upper chamber was full of ‘childish and irresponsible’ people.
Enraged by the comment, the Deputy Senate
Leader Bala ibn Na’allah, during Wednesday’s plenary raised a Point of Order,
calling the attention of senators to comments in a national daily credited to
the Sagay.
The however unanimously agreed to invite Sagay
over the said comments questioning the character of National Assembly (Senate)
members.
Sagay, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, stated
that Buhari would not be cowed by the Senate’s action, which he described as an
affront on the Presidency.
He said: “That action is childish and
irresponsible. Do they think Buhari is a man that can easily be threatened? My
God! How can people of such character occupy the highest legislative office in
the country? Nigeria is finished.
“It is a great mistake and they will regret
it.”
Asked what appropriate action Buhari could
take, Sagay explained that the President could continue to appoint people in
acting capacity where necessary.
He said the refusal to confirm the RECs was of
no effect since officials of the INEC had been acting as RECs for over a year.
Sagay added: “Where the Senate is required to
approve a person for a particular position and they refuse to do it, the person
could continue to act depending on the nature of the appointment.
“However, if the nominee is coming from
another sector, just like in the case of the RECs, it means they cannot act.
However, people below that rank in INEC can continue to act as RECs all over
the country as it has been done.
“What this action means is that the Senate is
being occupied by the most unserious set of Nigerians in history. Nigeria is
currently at its lowest level because we have people who have no sense of
responsibility, who have no feeling and are there for just vanity and are ready
to bring down the country in order to feel important, it is the worst case of
abuse ever.
“Let them do what they want, they will regret
it.”
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Source: The News Guru
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