HNosegbe:

Care to explain the bolded?

taharqa: The National Assembly Resolutions should have the force of law? Are there actuali ppl in d National Assembly arguing this?..wondas have finally ended

Louis88:
Wonders have ended bro. I thought David Mark was the only person who was dumb till I came on Nairaland. People who ordinarily should know better are wasting manhours over something as clear as resolution.
If I were Maku, I won't apologise jack. Let them come and remove me. They know they can't. It's beyond their powers. After all the noise about sacking The DG of SEC, Arunma Otteh, the woman is still there. That one should be enough to teach them that their resolutions don't have weight in law. They should stop overreaching themselves. If they are serious about any change, let them pass a law to that effect and it will be obeyed.

Mallamabdul: This is a sign maturity shown by Maku,in order for the country to move forward and not dwell on the issues. And I respect him for that.

omenka: In other news, the Senate president has been advised by ordinary Nigerians, like yours truely, to shut dafuckup and go complete the Otukpo-Enugu road contract given his wife (front) since 2007! !!

ojietu: this MArKu of a woman is a coward that can do anything to protect his job. what a coward.

omiobo: Yes! Him for no apologise he for hear am.
anyway,THIS SPACE IS STILL FOR SALE

Kewt: Maku was damn right. Resolutions of the parliament are only advisory and not binding on the executive.. He should have stood his ground like Sanusi Lamido did during 25% overhead expenditure on National assembly statement saga but I almost wept when I saw him on tv yesterday apologizing to the senate committee on information.

It’s always like that for any man who fears his stomach more than his name or reputation.

In an attempt to save his job and face, he has ridiculed the presidency and himself.

omenka: In other news, the Senate president has been advised by ordinary Nigerians, like yours truely, to shut dafuckup and go complete the Otukpo-Enugu road contract awarded his wife (front) since 2007 with over 70% of the job yet undone! !!

Mandelaguy: Maku spoke as a principled man,he was quoted out context which is now a regular thing in Nigeria.

Kewt: Maku was damn right. Resolutions of the parliament are only advisory and not binding on the executive.. He should have stood his ground like Sanusi Lamido did during 25% overhead expenditure on National assembly statement saga but I almost wept when I saw him on tv yesterday apologizing to the senate committee on information.
It’s always like that for any man who fears his stomach more than his name or reputation.
In an attempt to save his job and face, he has ridiculed the presidency and himself.

diva_tosin: These senators are just a bunch of clowns. I wonder if David Mark passed secondary school Government at all.
Where on earth did they come about the idea that a resolution of parliament is binding?
It is elementary knowledge that it is only laws passed by the National Assembly that assume a force of law not resolutions.
A resolution is not enforceable. It's breach cannot even give rise to an action in court.
I'm shocked that they have used pressure to extract a cosmetic apology from Maku.
The minister of Information was damn right in his statement.

Mandelaguy: Maku spoke as a principled man,he was quoted out of on text which is now a regular thing in Nigeria.

ochukoccna:



While it is true that passed resolutions are not laws, the arrogance of the executive arm of government especially at the federal and state levels is nauseating
We need to learn more about [and implement] the separation of powers for the Executive in saner climes doesn't talk down on the Legislature nor shun court orders from the Judiciary for they are supposed to complement each other
Are we then saying there no valid superior viewpoints outside those expressed by the Executive?
Gani was right in positing we have civil rule but not democracy
Have you ever heard a British or American minister speak such nonsense about the resolutions which emanate from their parliament?
We seem to forget the parliament is representing the peoples of Nigeria
Are we then saying the people of Nigeria are yarning dust?
The current [as well as previous] national Assembly may be peopled by characters who are there for the money and not their peoples but this is the way [a supposed democracy] we are been governed in this season of life
We expect the best from our legislature and executives but they are denigrated daily by the way we speak & kick them about on NL, Facebook, online, in the newspapers etc
And we've been doing this for so long
Insanity is doing the same thing and expecting a different result
Should we not be thinking [and acting out] of forming advocacy & pressure groups;in short starting a movement for good governance in Nigeria devoid of ethnic and religious sentiment?
Unless you fail to see, it is apparent most of our 'wise elders' lack the will or know not what to do to fix the nation [assuming we truly have one]
The youth [if they are willing] are the ones who can save Nigeria
But all we do is come online and rail at those implementing our 'jeun jeun' democracy while their bank accounts swell& the nation's patrimony dwindles
Then we touch our behinds, see se-men then& wonder 'WHO PHUCKED US'?

ubandire: I have read through that report. There is nothing there to suggest that Maku apologized to the senate remorsefully.
If somebody is quoted in the press and he still stands by what he said, it cannot be an apology. The so called apology is a carricuture one that was just issued from the lips.
It was just a diplomatic apology meant to prevent unnecessary political bickering between both arms. But we all know the truth. Maku said the truth.

uzomagic:
For the sake of clarity, I want to reproduce the excerpts of that report to show that Maku is right and stood by his words and just gave a political apology inorder not to cause an executive/legislative rift. Brilliant man.

"The Senate thereafter summoned Maku to appear before it to clarify his statement. The minister, while appearing before the Senate Committee on Information, had said: “I did not in any way intend to disparage or disrespect the authority of the National Assembly by my comment. ``I was just trying to explain to the journalists without having to make a declaration on behalf of the President (Goodluck Jonathan). ``If that comment has been misinterpreted, I tender my apologies to the Senate because personally, I have no reason to disrespect the National Assembly. “I was at a forum and journalists threw a question at me, as to whether the government would cancel the introduction of the N5000 note as a result of the Senate resolution. ``Now, I was pressed by the press and journalists were looking for headlines. The answer was not the position of the federal government and I took efforts to explain to my colleagues.’’

Maku, however, told the Senators that he was not misquoted by the press. On whether the resolutions of the Senate were binding or not, Maku said he was aware that if the nation was at war, the National Assembly had the power to extend the life span of a government."

If you read the bolded critically without bias, you will be convinced beyond reasonable doubt that Maku stands by his statement. He just wants to make it clear that statements credited to him should not be associated with his principal-Jonathan hence the cosmetic apology.
He never said he was sorry for saying what we all know is the truth. He stands courageously by his statement. He said clearly that the press did not misquote him meaning that he said it and stand by it.
But for the sake of Jonathan, if the statement is misinterpreted as executive slight on legislature then I apologise.

diva_tosin:

Your point is noted but you clearly went off the mark.
The issue here is simple. Did Maku err in his statement where he stated that NASS resolutions do not have any legal effect and so not binding? No.
Did Maku eat his words? No.
Did Maku ever deny making the statements credited to him? No.
Did Maku apologise to the senate? Yes.
For what? For misinterpreting his clear position on a question posed to him by the press and painting the picture that he lacks regard for the NASS.
Does Maku disregard NASS? No.
So why apologise? To avoid any mischief makers who may latch on his statements to deepen the already existing executive/legislative faceoff

ubandire: I have read through that report. There is nothing there to suggest that Maku apologized to the senate remorsefully.
If somebody is quoted in the press and he still stands by what he said, it cannot be an apology. The so called apology is a carricuture one that was just issued from the lips.
It was just a diplomatic apology meant to prevent unnecessary political bickering between both arms. But we all know the truth. Maku said the truth.

banki:

lol do you hear yourself.... Maku principled?