The commissioners, who made
their position known in a letter to the chairman in Abuja on Thursday,
dissociated themselves from the appointment of Mr Mohammed Sani-Omolori as the
Acting Clerk of National Assembly.
Seven out of thirteen
commissioners of the National Assembly Service Commission on Thursday passed a
vote of no confidence on their Chairman, Dr Adamu Fika, over the appointment of
the assembly clerk.
The letter, which was
copied to the President of the Senate, Dr Bukola Saraki, and the Speaker of the
House of Representatives, Mr Yakubu Dogara, was signed by the seven.
The commissioners, who
signed the letter included Malam Abubakar Rufai (North-West); Mr Idi Ningi
(North-East); Mr Joseph Oru (South-South) and Mr Paul Oweh (South South).
Other signatories to the
letter were Mr Stephen Yepwi (North Central); Mrs Oluwafunmilola Lamuye (South
West) and Mr Abel Chukwu (South- East).
The commissioners said that
contrary to reports, at the commission’s meeting of April 20, only one
commissioner supported the appointment.
They also claimed that five
opposed it while the remaining five were silent.
“Strangely, you ruled that
the memo had carried and Mr Mohammed Sani-Omolori is appointed the Acting Clerk
of the National Assembly.
“You went ahead to issue a
letter of appointment to Mr Sani-Omolori right after the meeting against the
commission’s norm of adopting the minutes of the meeting at another meeting
before carrying out decisions taken.
“The above actions of yours
have attracted undue negative publicity to the commission and greatly depleted
our integrity,” the letter read.
They expressed displeasure
over the actions of the Executive Chairman, noting that this was not the first
time he had gone against the wishes of majority of the commissioners.
They recalled that at the
Nov. 14, 2015 meeting, the commission resolved to appoint Efeturi as Deputy
Clerk and since then, the appointment had not been challenged.
They stressed that the
Executive Chairman did not have unilateral power to take decisions alone.
“Although you are the
chairman of the commission, you are not the commission.
“For the above reason, we
cease to have confidence in your leadership and chairmanship of the
Commission,” they said.
The News Agency of Nigeria
(NAN) recalls that controversy has continued to trail the appointment of
Sani-Omolori as the Acting Clerk.
The president of the Senate
had written to Fika to withdraw the appointment, stressing that Efeturi was the
right person for the job.
However, the chairman wrote
back to the president of the Senate, insisting that Sani-Omolori was the right
candidate for the job and that he was voted in by the commissioners. (NAN)
Nothing is straight forward in the house of assembly pack of morons
ReplyDeleteso what happen to the other 5 that went silent
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