The senate has described as illegal the directive given
to the nominees of Pension Commission (PenCom),
Code of Conduct Bureau (CBB) and Independent
Corrupt Practices and Allied Offences Commission
(ICPC) to assume duty before confirmation .
According to Bolaji Adebiyi, permanent secretary and
director of press in the office of the secretary to the
government of the federation, Acting President Yemi
Osinbajo gave the order on Friday.
But Aliyu Abdullahi, senate spokesman, said the
nominees have to be confirmed in accordance with
provisions of the constitution and laws establishing
the agencies.
He said the leadership of the senate had been
inundated with inquiries from individuals across the
country on the issue.
“We will advise the acting president who was quoted
to have given the directive for the resumption of the
nominees that the directive was illegal and not right,”
he said in a statement.
“The senate will not support any action that is not in
line with the law.
“We advise the nominees to hold on until they are
cleared by the senate as required by the law before
resuming in their respective offices.
“We do not want anything that will cause problem
between the executive and the legislature.”
The nominees affected by the senate’s directive are Ali
Usman as director-general, PenCom; Mohammed Isah,
chairman, CBB and Bolaji Owasanoye, chairman, ICPC.
The senate’s warning comes at a time when the row
generated by the appointment of Ibrahim Magu, acting
chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission (EFCC), is yet to be resolved.
The upper legislative chamber had reject Magu twice
but the executive retained him, while Osinbajo
supported the view of Femi Falana, a human rights
lawyer, who said Magu did not need to be confirmed
by the senate.
TheCable
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