Lawmaker rebukes Malami for asking Buhari to snub Reps’ summon
The Deputy Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, Toby Okechukwu has disagreed with the Minister of Justice and Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF), Abubakar Malami, on the powers of the National Assembly to Summon the President.
Okechukwu blamed some highly placed political actors in the All Progressives Congress, APC, of pressurizing President Muhammadu Buhari not to appear before the lawmakers.
The attorney General of the federation, Abubakar Malami in a statement earlier in the week said the House lacks the powers to summon the President to interface with it on the rising insecurity, adding that it was “outside constitutional bounds”
Reacting to this, Okechukwu who is a senior lawyer, who represents Aninri/Awgu/Oji River Federal Constituency, Enugu State, faulted Malami’s claim and described it as “strange”.
“Section 89 (1) of the 1999 Constitution as amended clearly empowers the Senate or the House of Representatives or a committee appointed in accordance with Section 62 of the Constitution to procure evidence, written or oral and to ‘summon any person in Nigeria to give evidence at any place,” Okechukwu was quoted by Channels Television.
“Therefore the attempt to pressurize Mr. President not to appear clearly shows that some highly placed political actors in the ruling party are placing politics over the protection of lives of Nigerians. The APC is evidently fiddling with propaganda and politics while Nigeria burns”, he stated.
“It is evident from APC’s position as made public by the AGF that the safety of Nigerian citizens would take a back sit in the next few days, while the argument over who is right or wrong unfortunately takes the front seat,” he added.
I agree with malami for summon yhe useless mr President for not capable on anything in the country, look at the problem we have in Nigeria now… insecurities, hardship leadership, killing ASUU problem, and so many more. Sonif he refused to resign…we can remove him our selves useless man.
You people are not serious in this country,
Is government a holiganistic establishment now where there are no more laid down laws ofhow things are done?
This person says that the chamber has no constitutional right to summon the president, this person says they have
What a shame
In the first place, why is he afraid of facing national house of assembly? I don’t see anything wrong in inviting him and asked some questions or interrogate him about how things are being done in the country.
You need to give account how you are governing the country but some beneficiaries of you corrupt government doesn’t want you to come and expose them, there is God.
Once the lower chamber of the assembly won’t hold you down then what are you scared of?
That is true and it also shows that the AGF is a daft person who doesn’t know what he was saying or doing…..
You promised to operate account to the Nigeria constitution and also swore the oat of the office then why not fufil your promises?
Thanks my honorable lawmaker for rebuking him how will you say she turned down the request for the sermon by the refs this is unfair and uncalled for