Why we’ll only confirm serious appointments by Buhari - NASS

The Nigeria Senate said it is yet to lift the embargo
placed on confirmation of appointment made by
Oresident Buhari
- The Senate said it will only confirm the important
ones cruicial to the nation's growth
- The Senate added that it stopped confirming
appointments after Osinbajo said the legislature has
no such power


The Nigerian Senate said it is yet to lift the
embargo it placed on confirming the
appointments made by President Muhammadu
Buhari except the appointment is important to
the nation's growth and cannot be ignored.
The Chairman of the Senate Committee on Media
and Public Affairs, Senator Aliyu Sabi-Abdullahi
said the national assembly stopped confirming
appointments made by the president after Vice
President Yemi Osinbajo said the Senate has no
such power.
Sabi-Abdullahi, who made the statement during
an interview with Punch said the Senate, in
March 2017, resolved to suspend further
consideration of appointments made by Buhari to
protest against the retention of Ibrahim Magu as
Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial
Crimes Commission, despite his rejection by the

lawmakers.

He said: “What the Vice-President said clearly is that we
do not have the powers for confirmation. He did not limit it
to the issue of Magu. That was why the Senate considered it
very grave enough to say that, ‘Since that is it, then fine. We
will cease to carry out that function. Let them carry it out
themselves.’
“Because we serve the people, the exceptions you talked
about were serious enough to require that we give an
exception. So, there is nothing like the issue of a back door
(lifting of the embargo). These (confirmations) were
discussed in the same chamber where the (embargo)
resolution was taken.”
When asked if the remaining appointments
under embargo were not considered to be critical
to the economy and Nigerians, he said: “It is not
for me to answer. The question is: Is the National Assembly
not critical to our democracy? Why is our issue not

important?”
Meanwhile, adegokblog.blogspot.com earlier reported that
President Buhari has approved the appointment
of new heads of federal agencies and renewed
others.
Information on the appointments are in a
statement signed by Olusegun Adekunle, the
Permanent Secretary (General Services Office)
Office of the Secretary to the Government of the

Federation on Friday in Abuja.