meta4bishop:
Hmmmmmmmm! 9ja politians re indeed clowns! Wat a pity. God will surely see d 9ja Masses thru. I rest my case.

dougivilla:
I beg to disagree. Let's not use technicality to throw away constitutionality. If the law stipulates that a minister must be screened by the senate before he assumes office, I do not see why people we pay to uphold our constitution should be supported to break same. What exactly is wrong with asking Muhammadu Buhari to present himself for screening as a minister of the FRN. Nothing me thinks.

dougivilla:
I beg to disagree. Let's not use technicality to throw away constitutionality. If the law stipulates that a minister must be screened by the senate before he assumes office, I do not see why people we pay to uphold our constitution should be supported to break same. What exactly is wrong with asking Muhammadu Buhari to present himself for screening as a minister of the FRN. Nothing me thinks.

galadima77:


I think they dont understand what it means to be "the" president of the federal republic.
Imagine someone who nominated miniterial candidates n service chiefs and voted in by over 13million Nigerians, being invited to be screened by some set of corrupt over fed looters. Lolz

I dont blame them

TonyeBarcanista:

Unfortunately, they can't screen the president! The Man Buhari is the President! All other Ministers are 'assisting' him to discharge his duties as President. If he decide to handle a portfolio himself, it isn't the business of the legislators.

2n2k:
[b]I will rather believe this is from our dumb journalists not from our 'distinguished' senators.

First of all, the constitution already confer on the president, the position of chief executive. All ministers hold positions at his pleasure.

Second, the list he sends to the senate contains no portfolio. He has the discretion to assign or re-assign the minister any time. The senate will only confirm the nominees as minister. They won't know where they will be assigned.

The constitution does not recognize any minister by position except the minister of justice. So the president can name 35 of them Minister without Portfolio (like in the first republic when some ministers were without portfolio) or the current nomenclature -Minister for Special Duties. Once he names the minister of justice, he is covered by law.

Thirdly, Only the president is held accountable for executive functions by constitution. Ministers exercise only delegated presidential powers. He is the Chief Minister already and cannot be screened for a job which is already a part of his job content.[/b]

Ernieman:
You must be very dumb to make this empty statement. So you feel the president is already qualified based on the standard he has set for himself, a standard him alone knows about and what about other nominees, are you saying it is not necessary 4 dem to be screened by d senate? So why do we have d constitution then? If the baba says he must be the minister of petroleum, he must queue up with his colleagues and present his damn self @ d red chamber and if not approved, he must be dropped. This is DEMOCRACY, not MILITARY regime, this is how its been done. Shikenah.

opineflu:
dumb senate ...but wy must ngige nd amaechi b on dat list
Same old thiefs ....

Ikiriye:


It's a pity you never learnt govt. In school.there is a constitutional provision for these.we elected him as president not a minister.ObJ did rubbish and the then senate was his play stool.the game has changed so we see a more robust senate.the best ever for now.

Ikiriye:

Is Obama minster.fool why can he choose minister of agriculture.

tomdon:
what equipment; ancient or modern, did vanguard use to measure the perceived strong indication.
but if the report is true,
the president should be above all scrutiny.
he has the mandate and by extension competence reposed in him by the citizens, moral justification and security pass mark to handle any portfolios.

one would be tempted to assume that the block head law makers should know bera.


but then, this really seems like a battle line being drawn rather than them focusing on sieving out corrupt nominees.

well, its because most of them are also corrupt.

what is even delaying the trials of fashola and amaechi

TonyeBarcanista:
Buhari is NOT a minister! He is only to take charge of the Petroleum Sector with the powers and mandates conferred on him as the Executive President of Nigeria. The Senate are only to screen ministers BUT not the President.

TonyeBarcanista:
Sorry, the president is not a Minister, he will NEVER be a Minister! He is only overseeing a particular sector.

Look the constitution, ministers were to 'assist' the president in discharge of his duties, if he decides to handle a sector himself, it is spot on. The suggestion of the Senate is bo[h foolish and abdurd! Dead on Arrival

As we know,you don't have identity of yourself.stop copying or hiding in the image of our known bacanista

PublicAssurance:
[size=18pt]Dumb senators of the Federal Republic....Buhari needs to be screened because he is not qualified to be petroleum minister.[/size]

Ikiriye:


Think properly,he was given mandate for the executive not minister.there are division of labor for crying out loud.he should be screened.this is the change mantra himself for he should lead by example.

damton:
Sometimes, I wonder if our senators understand the need to setting priorities. I don't know if it is necessary for The president to appear before the house. Hope this does not have any political undertone because that will be detrimental to the whole screening process. Who knows, perhaps the screening could lead to another bout of boxing fight.

Ernieman:
You must be very dumb to make this empty statement. So you feel the president is already qualified based on the standard he has set for himself, a standard him alone knows about and what about other nominees, are you saying it is not necessary 4 dem to be screened by d senate? So why do we have d constitution then? If the baba says he must be the minister of petroleum, he must queue up with his colleagues and present his damn self @ d red chamber and if not approved, he must be dropped. This is DEMOCRACY, not MILITARY regime, this is how its been done. Shikenah.

nextstep:


This is why this is so fascinating: the Constitution does not explicitly deal with the case where the President and a Minister position are the same person, so resolving this ambiguity should be interesting.

- I'm sure the President can handle a portfolio without declaring a minister to handle it.
- Of course, without a minister being appointed, then there's nobody to screen.
- However, if he does appoint, Senate can screen.
- Can he, after self-appointment, be subject to Congress oversight and be summoned, like other ministers can?

figment232:
Rather d fight wud b btw d Daura President and d distinguished senators

TonyeBarcanista:

Unfortunately, they can't screen the president! The Man Buhari is the President! All other Ministers are 'assisting' him to discharge his duties as President. If he decide to handle a portfolio himself, it isn't the business of the legislators.

judiciarypalava:


Yes he is no where near qualification for that position. There is a big difference between politically CONTESTED position and political APPOINTMENTS.
The former, if you have the MIND(rugged nature) Nigerian politics today requires, certainly you will make it. The later requires technical knowhow and expertise.
Does Buhari have WASC not to talk of any qualification/certification in oil sector management.
Buhari please lead us not into anarchy. I pray that what happened in 1985 will not happen faster than we expect it.
Blockhead Northern president.

Eco2580:
BABA BUHARI is ever ready to be screen by the so call Senators, after all majority of them aint suppose to be Councillors talkless of Senator.
I was opportuned to be part of Screening team who are responsible for screen Senators/Reps in ...... State before primary election,
When i went through the CV of one of their 3 Senators I found out that he only had 3 credit in his WEAC, he doesnt have any other Certificate beside WEAC.
So tell me Who is afraid of screeening from such kind of People who found themselves where they aint suppose to be.

Go on BABA Nigerians are behind you!

knackz:

....he will be their as a minister not a president

2n2k:


It is you that is dabbling into what you don't know. Have you ever heard the list of ministers forwarded by any president containing their portfolio? The senate does not screen for specific position because nobody except the president knows where he wants to assign the nominees.

After confirmation by the senate, they will be sworn in by president after which the president will direct the secretary to the government to issue them their appointment letters containing their respective ministry of postings. That is when the public and the senators will know who is for which ministry. He can assign, reassign or remove them just because they eye his wife wrongfully.

Ddaji:
Even though I strongly believe that this rubbish news is just vanguard making to sell their paper,how can in the whole story no any name of any senator mentioned. 95% of the senators from the North are in the Senate because of buhari's popularity and we will not hesitate to slam the harmer of recall to any senator that joke with PMB.if the born any senator well let him raise the issue of appearance of PMB for screening tomorrow. We are watching hope to get any with ball

NobleAky:
He is the C-in-C and has been screened by the entire Nigerians before and during the poll! So he has gotten the people's mandate the makes him the president championing the courses of all Ministries and parastatals-

what are the senators talking about- mind you I'm pro PDP

Lionhearted:
That's going too far. The president should be above screening by virtue of his position. He has the mandates of the people, and that alone is sufficient.

Though I aligned toward GEJ, I think Buhari did right by the petroleum ministerial portfolio. A wrong person can make a mess of his intentions either good or bad.

Case study: Jonathan and Diezani.

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