President Buhari

As the controversy over the decision of President Muhammadu Buhari to appoint himself minister of petroleum rages, a constitutional lawyer and author, Sabastine Hon (SAN) has said the president has the constitutional power to so do.

Hon said the president's self appointment as minister of petroleum was moral, lawful, constitutional and valid.

According to him, Section 5(a) of the 1999 constitution as amended has provided for the executive functions of the Federation to be performed by the President "directly or through the Vice-President and Ministers of the Government of the Federation or officers in the public service of the Federation."

He argued that, the "or" separating "directly" and "through" in the paragraph means the president is at liberty, subject to other provisions of the constitution, to assign any ministry to himself or to assign it to the vice-president, a minister or any of the other persons named in the paragraph.

This position, he stated “is reinforced by the provisions of sections 130(2) and 148(1) of the constitution.

He states that while section 130(2) has made the President the Chief Executive of the Federation, section 148(1) provides that the president may, in his discretion, assign to the vice-president or any minister of the government any executive functions.

http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/san-buhari-can-appoint-himself-a-minister-except-justice-minister/222151/

So confuse don't even know which one to follow senators said something SAN is saying another thing abeg someone should explain it better

He just wants to continue from were diezani stop from.

And this SAN has the time to educate those dumb PDP Senators that keep displaying their dumbness everyday. We have escaped their cluelessness and now we won't allow them infest us with their new disease.

kolomax:
So confuse don't even know which one to follow senators said something SAN is saying another thing abeg someone should explain it better

The senate has the right to go to court to seek interpretation of the relevant sections of the constitution.