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Saraki Lacks Constitutional Right To Summon Permanent Secretary – Senator by illiad: 11:32pm On Jul 12, 2015 |
Saraki lacks constitutional right to summon PS – Senator JULY 12, 2015 The Senator representing Zamfara Central Senatorial District, Kabir Marafa, said on Sunday that the Senate President lacked both moral and constitutional rights to summon the Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Finance, for briefing on the state of the economy. Marafa, the spokesperson for the Senate Unity Forum, who stated this in a statement issued in Abuja, noted that since Saraki had allegedly violated some sections of the constitution to emerge as senate president on June 9, he cannot accuse another person of committing the same offence he had committed. Our correspondent had reported that the decision of the Permanent Secretary of the Federal Ministry of Finance and other top officials to decline an invitation extended to them by the leadership of the National Assembly for a briefing on the state of the nation’s economy last week was currently brewing a major face-off between the two arms of government. Our correspondent had also reported that the Chief of Staff to the Senate President, Senator Issa Galaudu, and the Clerk to the National Assembly, Alhaji Salisu Maikasuwa, wrote separate letters to the permanent secretary but were both allegedly ignored. The permanent secretary, according to sources close to the leadership of the Senate, was said to have shunned the meeting because there was no clearance from the Presidency to honour the briefing. The Clerk’s letter, which was copied the Head of Service of the Federation and obtained by our correspondent read, “I refer to our letter Ref. No. NASS/S//SP/ COS/CORRP/15/1/06 of June 29, 2015 on the above subject matter and your text message of July 7, 2015, to the Chief of Staff to the Senate President, signifying your inability to honour the invitation. “Your action is a deliberate violation of the provisions of Section 67(2) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999( as amended). “You are, therefore, requested to appear before the Senate Leadership as contained in your aforementioned letter on Wednesday July 8, 2015 at 2.00pm prompt. “The third letter to the Permanent Secretary, which also insisted on the importance of the meeting, was written by the Chief of Staff to the Senate President. Galaudu’s letter, which was dated July 8, with reference number, NASS /8 th /S/SP/COS/ CORRP/15/2/07, states, ‘Please note that your text message of yesterday, Tuesday, July 7, 2015, which I received by hours of 20:02 pm, suggesting that you would not make today’s meeting, is unacceptable.’ “This is an affront to the President of the Senate and its leadership. The provision of Section 67(2) of the 1999 Constitution (as amended), is very clear and unambiguous in this regard. Hence, you do not need the permission of any official before you attend or appear before the Senate. “Consequently, I have the instructions of the President of the Senate and leadership that you do spear before them on the date and time earlier communicated to you, Wednesday, July 8, 2015 by 11am prompt. It is my belief that you will comply unconditionally.” Investigations by our correspondent further revealed that the the Permanent Secretary had yet to appear before the senate leadership nor responded to the letters from both the National Assembly management and the office of the Senate President. But Marafa, in his statement, accused Saraki of violating the same constitution which he claimed the permanent secretary had run foul of. The senator said, “I read with open-mouth amazement, the letter written by both the Chief of Staff to the Senate President and that of the Clerk to the National Assembly on the refusal or inability of a government functionary to honour the invitation of the leadership of the senate. “They were saying the refusal violates section 67(2) of the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Can somebody please tell them that they are guilty of similar, if not higher, offence? “They, infact, not only violated the constitution to ascend to the Senate leadership, they murdered it !” www.punchng.com/news/saraki-lacks-constitutional-right-to-summon-ps-senator/ 1 Like |
Re: Saraki Lacks Constitutional Right To Summon Permanent Secretary – Senator by CUM4WHAT(m): 11:33pm On Jul 12, 2015 |
Izzokay |
Re: Saraki Lacks Constitutional Right To Summon Permanent Secretary – Senator by topearos(m): 11:33pm On Jul 12, 2015 |
Mind game but the NASS is gonna win. All PS involved are sitting on gun powders. |
Re: Saraki Lacks Constitutional Right To Summon Permanent Secretary – Senator by MKO4ever(m): 11:34pm On Jul 12, 2015 |
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Re: Saraki Lacks Constitutional Right To Summon Permanent Secretary – Senator by ChelseaDr(m): 11:38pm On Jul 12, 2015 |
Constitutional right? This fight for superiority should stop for God's sake. PMB should not soil his hands oo...he should call these people to order oo and most importantly, APC should put their house in order because division is a catalyst for failure. The broom is progreaaively being loosened. With due respect to Senator Marafa, does it now mean we should all throw the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria to the dust bin just because according to you the SP violated it in the first place? I dont think two wrongs will make a right (i.e. assuming the SP is wrong). By this act it means you are telling Nigerians not to expect anything useful from the 8th Senate...God forbid because #naijashallriseagain #inthefullnessoftime 2 Likes |
Re: Saraki Lacks Constitutional Right To Summon Permanent Secretary – Senator by topearos(m): 11:39pm On Jul 12, 2015 |
MKO4ever:. Do not bother to negotiate, the plot is too expensive. Kindly bear with me. |
Re: Saraki Lacks Constitutional Right To Summon Permanent Secretary – Senator by kazmanbanjoko(m): 11:40pm On Jul 12, 2015 |
Okay 1 Like 1 Share |
Re: Saraki Lacks Constitutional Right To Summon Permanent Secretary – Senator by Jesusloveyou: 11:54pm On Jul 12, 2015 |
We don't have senate leadership, no senate president or dsp, till ..... 1 Like |
Re: Saraki Lacks Constitutional Right To Summon Permanent Secretary – Senator by abduljabbar4(m): 12:08am On Jul 13, 2015 |
Let him feel how Osinbajo felt when he called him a mere commissioner 4 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Saraki Lacks Constitutional Right To Summon Permanent Secretary – Senator by bamidele029: 12:11am On Jul 13, 2015 |
abduljabbar4: Saraki is now a mere senate president ![]() |
Re: Saraki Lacks Constitutional Right To Summon Permanent Secretary – Senator by olasmith10(m): 12:22am On Jul 13, 2015 |
Dis saraki guy is biting more than he can chew. he totally forgot that "what is good for the goose, is also good for the gander" This is what I call political double standard!!! |
Re: Saraki Lacks Constitutional Right To Summon Permanent Secretary – Senator by Nobody: 6:25am On Jul 13, 2015 |
Saraki = Judas Iscariot He Summoned the Perm. Secretary cos he couldn't get audience with the President and so he is now looking for way to have conflict with the president. Unfortunately he can't do anything cos him and his rest PDP teamates do not have 2/3 majority to remove a permanent secretary. Meanwhile, the senate leadership has not been constituted o. Saraki = Judas Iscariot |
Re: Saraki Lacks Constitutional Right To Summon Permanent Secretary – Senator by Aspireahead(m): 7:15am On Jul 13, 2015 |
Martins301:2/3 majority? please it is too early to act this foolish...with all due respect. |
Re: Saraki Lacks Constitutional Right To Summon Permanent Secretary – Senator by agabusta: 7:17am On Jul 13, 2015 |
Saraki definitely does not hv tht power. That power resides with the senate or its standing committee. I dont think we have withnessed any senate sitting where a motion to invite the Permanent Secretary was advanced. The senate is not in session. ...Saraki's decision with some other principal members to have the Permanent Secretary to privately brief them on the state of the Nation's finances is fishy and should be condemned. Infact I won't be surprised if this private briefing is not about funding for their wardrobe allowance. If they dont have anything to hide, let them invite the PS to brief the whole senate, or the senate committee on finance which the selfish Saraki is yet to constitute due to his adjoning sitting to a date convenient to only himself and his cohorts at the detriment of the nation. |
Re: Saraki Lacks Constitutional Right To Summon Permanent Secretary – Senator by Nobody: 7:19am On Jul 13, 2015 |
Aspireahead: and its too early to be acting like a dumbass. . .with all due respect. |
Re: Saraki Lacks Constitutional Right To Summon Permanent Secretary – Senator by agabusta: 7:34am On Jul 13, 2015 |
topearos: Civil servants are smarter than u think. They know they cannot be sacked by NA. The National Assembly can only 'recommend' their dismissal. This recommendation can be ignored by the Executive just the same way GEJ ignored the recommendation to sack Otteh. 1 Like |
Re: Saraki Lacks Constitutional Right To Summon Permanent Secretary – Senator by AshiwajuFoward: 7:36am On Jul 13, 2015 |
Saraki had better start preparations to decamp to his collabo partners party, the PDP, coz it doesn't look good for him with the APC at all, especially when one considers that he still doesn't enjoy the loyalty and support of his party senators and the executive. |
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