Endless Celebration in Senate as Court Affirms Power to Reject EFCC Boss Magu

Endless Celebration in Senate as Court Affirms Power to Reject EFCC Boss Magu

The Senate on Thursday has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to nominate a replacement for the acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu. This follows the verdict of the Federal High Court, Abuja, which affirmed its powers to confirm or reject the President’s appointments.

The judgement delivered by Justice J.I. Tsoho on January 15 said the Senate has statutory duty to confirm appointments referred to it by the President.The Chairman, Senate Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Senator Aliu Sabi Abdullahi, who briefed journalists on the court verdict said:

“By this (court) judgement, for those who have been worried that the Monetary Policy Committee never met, I think this is a window for the MPC to see the light in meeting.

“If the Executive does the needful, provide another Nigerian of credible character of which we have millions of them – 180 million of them – even by arithmetic error, we should be able to get good people.

“So, it is our hope and prayer that our amiable President will find this judgement in order and will be submitting very soon another nominee to carry on with the good work of anti-corruption, especially now that we are very proud of him as the African Union Anti-Corruption Ambassador.”

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