Different reactions continue to trail Senate President Bukola Saraki’s call on the National Assembly Service Commission (NASC) to rescind its decision on the appointment of Mohammed Sani-Omolori as the Acting Clerk of the upper chamber.

Two groups, Youth for Peace Nigeria and Concerned Southerners Forum yesterday asked the Chairman of the National Assembly Service Commission, Dr. Adamu Fika, to ‎correct what they described as administrative errors in the appointment of Clerk to the National Assembly or step aside.

Chief Moses Erebi, who spoke on behalf of the two groups alleged, that in 2014, Fika approved the appointment of Mohammed Sani-Omolori as Deputy Clerk to the National Assembly without consulting other commissioners as required by the Act establishing the commission.

However, taking a different position, a non-governmental organization (NGO) Perfect House of Friends (PHF) described Dr. Saraki’s directive as a usurpation of the constitutional powers of the Commission by the Senate.

PHF President Alhaji Abubakar Mohammed said the directive was a violation of Section 8 of the Act that set up the Commission, which confers on it, the power to make appointments, disciplinary control over persons without being subjected to the direction or control of any authority or persons...

Culled from Guardian