Its one thing to say it and totally another to do it.
we pray the presidency goes through with its words!
The Presidency has declared that President
Muhammadu Buhari will not interfere in the ongoing
probes by the National Assembly.
According to the Presidency, the Senate’s probes of the
Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission, EFCC, Mr. Ibrahim Lamorde, and the
power sector from 1999 to 2015, were purely legislative
matters and that the President could not stop them.
It will be recalled that the Senate Committee on
Business and Ethics has commenced probing an
allegation of diversion of N1tn proceeds of corruption
recovered by the EFCC.
The probe was embarked upon by the Senate after it
received a petition from the Chief Executive Officer of
Panic Alert Security Systems, Mr. George Uboh,
accusing Lamorde of diverting the money.
Also, the Senate Ad-hoc committee on power is
investigating expenditures in the power sector under
former Presidents Olusegun Obasanjo, Umaru Yar’Adua
and Goodluck Jonathan.
The Special Adviser to the President on Media and
Publicity, Femi Adesina, while speaking with Sunday
Punch, stated that the President could not interfere with
the probes because of his respect for the principle
separation of powers.
“There is separation of powers and the Senate has the
power to conduct probes. Thus, the Presidency does
not need to endorse or oppose any probe being carried
out by the legislature. It is within their power to do so.”
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