Senators Prepare For War Against Buhari by mamabomboy: 9:40am On Jun 25, 2016 |
There are strong indications that the National Assembly is on the war path with President Muhammadu Buhari over the prosecution of the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, and his deputy, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, for alleged forgery of the Senate Standing Rules 2015. Our source gathered on Friday that although some of the legislators were uncomfortable with the anti-corruption war of the President, the relationship between the two arms of government came to a head with the senate forgery rules suit filed by the Federal Government. It was learnt that many National Assembly members had concluded plans to frustrate any request by the President because of his anti-graft war. Besides the senate president, who is standing trial at the Code of Conduct Tribunal, eight senators, including the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Appropriation, Senator Danjuma Goje, and a former Plateau State Governor, Senator Joshua Dariye, are being prosecuted for corruption related offences. Goje is standing trial at a Federal High Court, Jos, for allegedly awarding contract for the purchase of N1bn dictionaries without due process, while Dariye is being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on a 23-count charge bordering on money laundering and diversion of the state’s ecological fund. It was gathered that among the plans of the anti- Buhari senators, consisting of members of the Peoples Democratic Party caucus and their others colleagues in the All Progressives Congress sympathetic to Saraki, was to delay approval for Buhari’s appointments. Investigations by our source showed that those who could be affected by the hard stand of the National Assembly included the Acting Chairman of the EFCC, Mr. Ibrahim Magu, whose appointment had not been confirmed by the Senate. Others in this category, it was learnt, included ambassadors, who would mainly be politicians. An APC senator, who is sympathetic to Saraki, confided in our source that the National Assembly would be strict in its oversight functions. He said, “As part of the measures to reveal to Nigerians that there is corruption in the executive too, we will be strict in screening appointees and in our oversight functions.” Following the frosty relationship, it was learnt that the lawmakers had vowed to ensure that the principle of separation of powers was enforced between the two arms of government. One of the Like Mind senators, who preferred anonymity, alleged that the Presidency, in collaboration with some APC leaders, had made up their minds to get Saraki and Ekweremadu out at all costs. Like Mind senators, consisting of the PDP members and their colleagues that are supporting Saraki, were instrumental to his emergence as senate president last year. The senator, who spoke with our source, said, “When the Presidency and some of these party leaders discovered that they could not remove Saraki and Ekweremadu on the floor of the chamber, they are now trying to carry out their agenda using the court. “Their intention is to ensure that both Saraki and Ekweremadu are arraigned in court on Monday (next week) and make sure that they are remanded in prison afterwards so that we would be forced to change our leadership.” The senator from the North Central geopolitical zone vowed that all legal and constitutional means would be explored by his colleagues to ensure that the Presidency was paid back in its coin. Efforts to get the reaction of the senate spokesperson on the issue were futile as of the time of filing this report. The PDP senators during the week announced the withdrawal of their support for Buhari’s government over what they called, “unwarranted threats to the legislative arm of government.” But 16 members of the APC, led by the Chief Whip, Senator Olusola Adeyeye, addressed journalists on Thursday under the aegis of APC Senate Caucus and expressed their support for Buhari. In the House of Representatives, there are also signs of a deepening frosty relationship between the executive and the legislative arms. On Friday, some members called on Buhari to adjust his administration’s “style of approaching issues relating to the National Assembly.” Members of the APC caucus and the main opposition PDP shared the same view, noting that there was a drift to military style of leadership. The members stated besides ignoring the resolutions of the National Assembly, the ongoing move to prosecute Saraki and Ekweremadu for alleged forgery of the Senate’s rules was a step taken too far. Some of the APC members opted to speak on condition of anonymity for fear of being accused of fighting the President. One of them said, “Truly, we are worried that things are beginning to go wrong; the President has to start making corrections. “This issue of hounding everyone all over the place as if our laws or courts are no longer functioning is creating anxiety.” Speaking on the development in the Senate, another APC lawmaker stated, “The feeling of members is that the executive is taking the National Assembly for a ride. The President and, especially some of his ministers, treat our resolutions with levity. “If we say we have a democracy, we have to ask questions. Look at the case of Kogi State House of Assembly crisis. “There was a joint resolution of the Senate and the House that the National Assembly should assume control of that Assembly until calm would have returned there. We were ignored because a particular minister had overriding interest. “
Call your errant ministers to order, House tells President The Chairman, House Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Mr. Abdulrazak Namdas, also told our source that members were feeling that certain actions of the executive were not necessary, if the Presidency expected any cordial relationship to thrive. He explained that while the feeling of members did not mean that they would withdraw support for Buhari, they believed that he could adjust. He said, “The prosecution of the senate president and his deputy is unnecessary, especially considering that this is an internal affair of the Senate. “At the last dinner we had with Mr. President, he even reiterated that he would love to improve on the executive-legislature relationship. That is what we are expecting. “Again, the actions and utterances of some ministers portray them as constantly being at loggerheads with the National Assembly. “We want some actions to be taken in this regard. We in the House in particular, we are not saying we are withdrawing our support for Mr. President, but we are committed to improvement in our relationship.” Asked what actions the House would take should the executive continue to ignore the resolutions of the legislature, Namdas replied that the House would wait to see how the executive behaved henceforth. “We have passed our resolution and we will wait and see how those in the executive, especially some ministers, will react henceforth,” he said. Members of the PDP caucus in the House said they had yet to withdraw their support for Buhari unlike their counterparts in the Senate. But they stressed that they would not support any decision that did not promote democracy. The Minority Leader of the House and leader of the caucus, Mr. Leo Ogor, advised Buhari to draw the line between democracy and military dictatorship. Ogor said, “We are not supporting whatever the President is doing that is not in the interest of democracy. That is not the same thing as saying that we have withdrawn our support for the Federal Government. “There is a difference between democracy and military dictatorship. What we see happening seem to us that due process is no longer being followed.” The Leader of the House, Mr. Femi Gbajabiamila, could not be reached as of the time of filing this report. Text messages sent to him were also not replied. But a source told our source that Gbajabiamila had regularly preached “patience” to his colleagues.
Buhari won’t slow down anti-corruption war despite criticism –Presidency The Presidency said Buhari would not slow down his administration’s anti-corruption war despite the recent criticism by some federal lawmakers. The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, told one of our correspondents that Buhari would not slow down the anti-graft war in view of the criticism that had trailed the Federal Government’s decision to file forgery charges against Saraki and Ekweremadu. Adesina said, “The anti-corruption war will not be slowed down for any reason whatsoever. Let me refer you to what the President said on Wednesday while addressing Presidency staffers. The war on corruption will never be slowed down.” He also said Buhari was not in any way entertaining any fear that he would be finding it difficult getting Senate approvals for some of his appointments and policies because of the development. He said, “The President is not here to serve himself. If the lawmakers are also not out to serve themselves, then nothing should frustrate the process of getting approvals. “The President will always maintain cordial relationship with other arms of government since the purpose of being elected is to serve.”
We are reaching out to PDP senators –Enang When contacted, the Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly Matters (Senate), Senator Ita Enang, said, “On the purported withdrawal of support by distinguished senators of the PDP, all hands are on deck to ensure that the executive maintains the cordial relationship that exists between it and the legislature.”
www.thebreakingtimes.com/senate-forgery-lawmakers-prepare-for-a-clash-with-buhari/ |
Re: Senators Prepare For War Against Buhari by Ronpet777(m): 9:46am On Jun 25, 2016 |
Gbem gbem |
Re: Senators Prepare For War Against Buhari by Ronpet777(m): 9:48am On Jun 25, 2016 |
Dis is wot we get when all the Arms of Govt. r not working togeda 4 a common goal. 1 Like |
Re: Senators Prepare For War Against Buhari by Cameleon72(f): 9:57am On Jun 25, 2016 |
Hope it won't worsen the economic of the country |
Re: Senators Prepare For War Against Buhari by Amiano(m): 10:00am On Jun 25, 2016 |
And d season film continues
Dis National Assembly and Executive fight go rili dey interesting |
Re: Senators Prepare For War Against Buhari by predear(m): 10:04am On Jun 25, 2016 |
This is getting more interesting. I thot it waz only GEJ dey called clueless..... |
Re: Senators Prepare For War Against Buhari by predear(m): 10:06am On Jun 25, 2016 |
Dis is getting very interesting...... Now everyone will knw who is realy clueless |
Re: Senators Prepare For War Against Buhari by salam8528: 11:22am On Jun 25, 2016 |
predear: Dis is getting very interesting...... Now everyone will knw who is realy clueless only u commented twice na wah o. if u still think ur paymaster is a saint den u r standing on a longtin. dere is nothing DAT kills a nation lyk corruption which ur paymaster is synonymous with. |
Re: Senators Prepare For War Against Buhari by 989900: 11:56am On Jun 25, 2016 |
Too much talk. Did you, or did you not commit forgery? Simple!
Have at it at the court.
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Re: Senators Prepare For War Against Buhari by DaBullIT(m): 12:08pm On Jun 25, 2016 |
Pasuma even said Ijoba Federal
E demo kee ku
FG has all the power
Do rubbish and die 1 Like |
Re: Senators Prepare For War Against Buhari by globexpo: 1:50pm On Jun 25, 2016 |
don't even understand, is it only the executive is the federal government? |
Re: Senators Prepare For War Against Buhari by Progressive01(m): 1:58pm On Jun 25, 2016 |
DaBullIT: Pasuma even said Ijoba Federal
E demo kee ku
FG has all the power
Do rubbish and die Seems you guys didn't see the source before commenting. Na Uganda Miscreants favourite propaganda site naw. Whatever it is, shey PDP branded Buhari as Hitler, agreed. Let's assume he is and Jonathan who teargassed lawmakers right in the office premises is a saint, I wonder what Baba's handling of opposition in the chambers should be like- perhaps he should use nerve gas on them in their living rooms. Useless pieces of shiitt- both the source and the lawmakers. |
Re: Senators Prepare For War Against Buhari by Progressive01(m): 2:00pm On Jun 25, 2016 |
989900: Too much talk. Did you, or did you not commit forgery? Simple!
Have at it at the court.
Forget sef, coming from breakingtimes, all that trash up there is most likely the product of an iPod junkie's imagination. 1 Like |
Re: Senators Prepare For War Against Buhari by weyab: 3:21pm On Jun 25, 2016 |
One arm of govt fighting another equal arm of the same govt on something that is internal, not only internal but a parameter that is so sacred for the existence of that arm for living. Thats crazy on the executive.
forgery ˈfɔːdʒ(ə)ri/ noun the action of forging a copy or imitation of a document, signature, banknote, or work of art.
"he was found guilty of forgery" synonyms: counterfeiting, fraudulent copying, fraudulent imitation;
a forged document, signature, banknote, or work of art. plural noun: forgeries "the notes must be forgeries"
synonyms: fake, counterfeit, sham, fraud, imitation, dummy, mock-up, reproduction, replica, copy, print, lookalike, likeness;
Now how can the executive produce the original copy of another arm of govt. Even when the said document never had original but only one copy which is original thus no replica.
Do the executive want to tackle another equal arm of govt for fraud? How can the same fraud produce AGF? Abomination!
This is like maths dept telling sociology dept on how to produce their heads.
Every arm must be capable to execute and solve any of its internal problems.
The executive just open a window for another to start questioning so many of thier own procedures including the way they handle forces. The executive just dig a very big grave for its existence.
No arm is superior thus all heads must be bestowed with immunity or immunity for none. Thanks |
Re: Senators Prepare For War Against Buhari by ckmayoca: 3:44pm On Jun 25, 2016 |
2 years don dey waka, we still never carry go anywhere. |
Re: Senators Prepare For War Against Buhari by Nobody: 3:44pm On Jun 25, 2016 |
This is good for our democracy. A divided executive and legislature is just perfect. They cant pass frivolous bills such as that of immunity for senators and life time pension for principal officers while the petroleum industry bill has been forgotten and expect the president to give his assent. The lawmakers also need to be carefull in their dealings because the executive will immediately have any corrupt lawmaker for dinner eg Saraki vs Fg at cct the current forgery case against the senate president and his deputy and other cases mentioned in the article . On the executive side the president and his ministers will be forever on their toes because the lawmakers like wounded lions will scrutinise their every move for loop holes to also put them to the sword. A case in point is the rejected ambassadorial list where the folly of the executive was laid bare for all to see. Obviously the list did not respect federal character and was rejected thumbs up for our senators. Things are just getting interesting and the Judiciary will relish its role as an umpire making them the undisputed guardians of our democracy. As for ordnary Nigerians ''Na now we go see who holy pass''.
Reski |
Re: Senators Prepare For War Against Buhari by Nobody: 4:12pm On Jun 25, 2016 |
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