Why Saraki Worked Hard To Postpone Ministerial Nominee Screening
The postponement of the ministerial nominee screening to next week Tuesday, October 20, has continued to spark off criticism as a civil society organization, the Network for Justice, joined many Nigerians to condemn the deferment of the prospective ministers’ scrutiny.
The Senate
The organization lashed out at the Senate on Friday, October 16, in Kano for the postponement of the ministerial screening saying the act smacks of political mischief designed to delay the trial of the Senate president, Bukola Saraki, at the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT).
In his statement, Abdullahi Bala Gaduwama, the executive director of the organisatioon stressed that the postponement of the exercise was a ploy to shield Saraki from appearing at the CCT for the continuation of his trial scheduled to take place next week, Daily Trust reports.
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Some time ago, the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) filed a 13-count corruption charge against Saraki for failing to declare his assets fully, alleging that he misused state funds to purchase private assets while serving as Kwara state governor. In reaction, the Senate president had described the 13 count corruption charge as frivolous.
But Gaduwama, who insisted that Saraki is finding every means possible to delay the trial, demanded the immediate resumption of the exercise and warned the Senate against joking with the future of the country.
He said: “It is on record that the 7th Senate outrageously passed 40 bills in 40 minutes simply because it served their interest to do so and the 8th Senate is now telling us that they cannot complete the screening of 16 ministerial nominees whose names were released two weeks ago by the President.”
The Senate had screened a set of two batches of ministerial nominees both on Tuesday and Wednesday, October 13 and 14 respectively.
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The hallowed chambers, however, postponed the screening supposed to have been held on Thursday, October 15, to next week.
Meanwhile, the immediate past governor of Rivers state and ministerial nominee, Rotimi Amaechi, has written three letters to the Senate telling the upper chamber why his screening should not be stopped.
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