The Presidency has said that President
Muhammadu Buhari will not interfere in the
ongoing probes being carried out by the
National Assembly.

It said the Senate’s probes of the Chairman of
the Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission, Mr. Ibrahim Lamorde, and the
power sector from 1999 to 2015, were purely
legislative matters and that the President could
not stop them.

The Senate Committee on Business and Ethics is
currently probing an allegation of diversion of
N1tn proceeds of corruption recovered by the
EFCC.

The Chief Executive Officer of Panic Alert
Security Systems, Mr. George Uboh, had, in a
petition submitted to the committee, accused
Lamorde of diverting the money.

Also, the Senate Ad-hoc committee on power is
investigating expenditures in the power sector
under former Presidents Olusegun Obasanjo,
Umaru Yar’Adua and Goodluck Jonathan.

The Senior Special Adviser to the President on
Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, however
told The PUNCH that the President could not
interfere with the probes because of his respect
for the principle separation of powers.

He said, “There is separation of powers and the
Senate has the power to conduct probes. Thus,
the Presidency does not need to endorse or
oppose any probe being carried out by the
legislature. It is within their power to do so.”

The Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of
Power, Mr. Goodknows Igali, had on Monday
told the Senate Ad-hoc Committee on Power
that the government had spent a to
tal of
N2.7tn on the power sector from 1999 to date.

He said that power generation had risen from
3,500 megawatts in 1999 to 4,600 megawatts
presently.

Source: www.today.ng/politics/091314826-buhari-wont-interfere-with-senate-probes-presidency/

That's nice. At least the legislative arm is allowed to operate independently. I only hope they wouldn't be excessive in their doings.

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Most Deffi he shudnt evn think of it in d 1st instance...sai chanjii dole

Even if you will interfer, you will never say so publicly. It is done systematically and codedly. What I don't understand is what brought about this news. Is the president being suspected of interfering or planning to interfer.

ok

Guilty minds, cous i cant figure what lead to this public statement.

Lets see if the probe gets any where considering OBJ is included...

I aint anti probe b4 u quote mii to spit shyte...

We go probe buhari wen him drop

Good step

Senate are independent and presidency should not interfere.

MosakuAW:

The Presidency has said that President
Muhammadu Buhari will not interfere in the
ongoing probes being carried out by the
National Assembly.

It said the Senate’s probes of the Chairman of
the Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission, Mr. Ibrahim Lamorde, and the
power sector from 1999 to 2015, were purely
legislative matters and that the President could
not stop them.

The Senate Committee on Business and Ethics is
currently probing an allegation of diversion of
N1tn proceeds of corruption recovered by the
EFCC.

The Chief Executive Officer of Panic Alert
Security Systems, Mr. George Uboh, had, in a
petition submitted to the committee, accused
Lamorde of diverting the money.

Also, the Senate Ad-hoc committee on power is
investigating expenditures in the power sector
under former Presidents Olusegun Obasanjo,
Umaru Yar’Adua and Goodluck Jonathan.

The Senior Special Adviser to the President on
Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, however
told The PUNCH that the President could not
interfere with the probes because of his respect
for the principle separation of powers.

He said, “There is separation of powers and the
Senate has the power to conduct probes. Thus,
the Presidency does not need to endorse or
oppose any probe being carried out by the
legislature. It is within their power to do so.”

The Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of
Power, Mr. Goodknows Igali, had on Monday
told the Senate Ad-hoc Committee on Power
that the government had spent a to
tal of
N2.7tn on the power sector from 1999 to date.

He said that power generation had risen from
3,500 megawatts in 1999 to 4,600 megawatts
presently.

Source: www.today.ng/politics/091314826-buhari-wont-interfere-with-senate-probes-presidency/

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