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The Senate on Wednesday resolved to
invite the Chairman, Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption
(PACAC), Prof. Itse Sagay, over his alleged disparaging comments against
the upper chamber.
Sagay’s invitation is seen as further escalation of the current face-off between the Senate and Presidency which blew open on Tuesday with the Senate’s suspension of the consideration and confirmation of 27 Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs) submitted by President Muhammadu Buhari.
The presidential is expected appear before the Senate Committee on Ethics, Privileges and Public Petitions to explain why he allegedly described senators as “childish and irresponsible” for pushing President Buhari to sack the Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu, within two weeks.
The PACAC chairman is also expected to explain why he allegedly said the Senate is “filled with people of questionable character who put personal interest ahead of the nation.”
The lawmakers said it is necessary to invite the professor of jurisprudence to name the questionable characters in the Senate.
The resolution followed a motion of privilege by Senate Deputy
Leader, Senator Bala Ibn Na’Allah (Kebbi South), who told the Senate
that Sagay infringed on his integrity, character and privilege as a
Senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
Sagay’s invitation is seen as further escalation of the current face-off between the Senate and Presidency which blew open on Tuesday with the Senate’s suspension of the consideration and confirmation of 27 Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs) submitted by President Muhammadu Buhari.
The presidential is expected appear before the Senate Committee on Ethics, Privileges and Public Petitions to explain why he allegedly described senators as “childish and irresponsible” for pushing President Buhari to sack the Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu, within two weeks.
The PACAC chairman is also expected to explain why he allegedly said the Senate is “filled with people of questionable character who put personal interest ahead of the nation.”
The lawmakers said it is necessary to invite the professor of jurisprudence to name the questionable characters in the Senate.
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