₦airaland Forum

dinachi:
You are wrong! The constitution says the moment Senate President 'RECIEVES' the recall letter from INEC Chairman Dino ceases to be a Senator.

it will be good if you can tell us the section of the constitution that states that , and if possible post the section for all to see since the constitution is available online

CilicMarin:
Mr. Man, Senate President's role in the recall process is just ceremonial. Before the INEC issues the Senate President Certificate of Recall, it must have withdrawn the Certificate of return.

Why do you think Dino is running to courts to stop the process?

a process boldly written as number 10 in section 69 of the constitution cannot be deemed ceremonial, the fact is the senate president is the person that will finally effect recall

By Uche Anichukwu

I have followed the mixed opinions on the comments by the Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu on how very difficult it will be to recall Senator Dino Melaye from the Senate. Some claim that the 1999 as amended does not envisage any role for debate in the entire process. However, this position is constitutionally flawed.

The problem is that many people just read Section 69 of the Constitution and end it there.

Beside being a senior lawyer, Ekweremadu chaired the National Assembly Committee that midwifed the amendments regarding the recall process. So, if he does not understand the position of the Constitution on the recall process, then I just wonder.

Section 69 of the 1999 Constitution is not the only Section that guides the process of the recall of a member of the Senate or the House of Representatives.

Section 69 (a) stipulates that a petition shall be signed by at least one-half of persons registered to vote in the member’s constituency, alleging loss of confidence in that member. It also stipulates that the INEC shall verify the signatures.

Then, if INEC is satisfied that the signature are authentic, then the Commission goes to effect Section 69 (b), which is the conduct of a referendum within ninety days of the date of the receipt of the petition. A simple majority of votes of persons registered to vote in the member’s constituency is required for the recall to pass.

But, that is not the end of the matter because this Section goes hand-in-hand with Section 68 of the Constitution. Section 68 (1) lists conditions based on which a member of the Senate or the House of Representatives shall vacate his seat in the House of
which he is a member. One of the conditions is recall of a member.

Then, Section 68 (1) (h) of the Constitution (as amended) provides that a member of either of the Houses shall vacate his seat if “the President of the Senate or, as the case may be, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, receives a certificate under the hand of the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission stating that the provisions of Section 69 of this Constitution have been complied with in respect of the recall of a member”.

But Section 68 (2) further provides that “The President of the Senate or the Speaker of the House of Representatives, as the case may be, shall give effect to the provisions of subsection (1) of this Section, so however that the President of the Senate or the Speaker of the House of Representatives or a member shall first present evidence satisfactory to the House concerned that any of the provisions of that subsection has become applicable in respect of that member”.

So, the key words and phrases in Section 68 (2) are ‘give effect’ and ‘satisfactory evidence’.

It simply implies that if no effect is given by the President of the Senate, it ends as an academic exercise. And if the evidence given is not satisfactory to the Senate; if majority of the Senators vote “Nay” when Saraki puts to question if they were satisfied with the evidence presented by INEC (which Senators are also at liberty to consider in the context of the integrity of the processes that led to the the evidence), how does the Senate President bring it to effect? It ends up, as Ekweremadu put it “an effort in futility”, the hundreds of millions spent on it by INEC notwithstanding.

In the meantime, Senator Dino has alleged that even the name of a dead former governorship aspirant in Kogi as well as his uncles’ names were listed and signatures appended to them in the petition to INEC asking for his recall. That alone could bring the integrity of the process to question.

All these are captured in Section 3 of the 1999 Alteration Act, perfected by 6th National Assembly and signed into law as part of our Constitution (as amended) and signed into law by former President Goodluck Jonathan.

Thus, it would have been better if people sift through or interrogate the Constitution rather than just rely on their emotions or just read one part and go to town with it.

In summary, Ekweremadu meant that the recall of a legislator is akin to impeachment of an executive office holder. If it is not rigid, it will be abused, especially in a political environment like ours. Thus, while impeachment, not the ones done by abuse of power, law enforcement agencies, and other critical institutions of democracy, is not impossible, it is very difficult if the rules are religiously observed.

Meanwhile, I believe that the end result of the attempt to recall Senator Dino will prove Ekweremadu right or wrong. It is not a matter of emotions. It is about the law, the grundnorm for that matter.

Anichukwu is an Aide to the Deputy President of the Senate

agabusta:
Read the process again.

Once INEC withdraws his certificate, he is no longer a senator. It is after INEC withdraws his certificate that they will inform the Senate President that somebody over there with you is no longer a senator.

INEC withdrawing his certificate comes before the role played by the Senate President. Once his certificate is withdrawn, legally speaking, he is no longer a senator and can be barred from the hallowed chambers.

In this particular scenario, the power of recall is with INEC, not the Senate President.

there is no where in the process above where inec withdraws certificate of return, there role only ends at issuing the senate president certificate of recall, it is senate president that will finally effect recall at plenary or otherwise

agabusta:






Once INEC withdraws his certificate of return, the police, DSS and other security agencies have the legal backing to declare him persona non grata in and around the National Assembly complex.

And with his recent altercation with the police, they'll gleefully carry out the action to the letter.

Don't forget that all the security forces manning the National Assembly report to the Executive.

INEC will also Elect a new senator to that position and issue a certificate of return to the newly elected senator.

There is no where in the constitution that says the Senate has to ratify the recall process. As per the snippet posted above, the Senate President will show him the door. Either he is shown or not, does not invalidate the recall.

Either ways, it's a lose lose for Dino. What makes it more complicated for him is the fact that Saraki is reluctant to declare open war with Buhari. Saraki is being careful and it's his foot soldiers like Dino that will bite the dust.

As it is, Dino is on his own!

the inec cannot declare the seat vacant until the last process of recall is done which is asking the senator to step down, from the step listed inec will only send certificate of recall to the senate president, it is only when the senate president decides to do his role that the process is complete and a bye election is conducted

spartan117:
The Senate President will be breaching the provisions of the Constitution if he doesn't. He simply can't 'decide not to perform the last function'

he will simply put it in his drawer tell everyone that he will to it at the right time and may be do it on the last plenary of the 8th senate, this is because the constitution did not stipulate a timeframe for the recall

Senate President To Perform Last Function In Recall Process Of A Senator

See for yourself, this is culled from vanguard newspaper

By Clifford Ndujihe

Section 69 of the 1999 Constitution provides 10 clear but tortuous steps on how a senator can be recalled from the Senate. The steps are:

1 More than half of the registered voters in the Senator’s senatorial district write, sign and send a petition to the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC alleging their loss of confidence in the senatoria

l 2 The petition must be signed, and arranged according to polling units, wards, Local Government Areas, and constituency.

3 INEC notifies the Senator sought to be recalled, stating that it has received a petition for his or her recall, if the petition is valid

4 INEC issues a public notice or announcement stating the date, time and location of the verification of signatures to the petition

5 INEC verifies the signatures to the petition at the designation. The signatories must be individuals who appear on the voters’ register.

6 INEC conducts a referendum if more than one half (50% + 1) of the signatories are verified

7 INEC writes to the petitioners stating that the minimum requirements for a referendum were not met, if the number verified is less than one half of the registered voters in that constituency. The petition will therefore be dismissed

. 8 INEC conducts a referendum within 90 days of receipt of the petition if the minimum requirements for a referendum are met. The referendum will be a simple yes or no vote on whether the Senator should be recalled, and will be decided by simple majority of the votes of the persons registered to vote in that Senator’s constituency.

9 If majority of the voters in the constituency vote ‘yes’ the Chairman of the INEC will send a Certificate of Recall to the Senate President to effect the recall.

10 The Senate President will show affected senator the way out of the Senate.

https://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/07/10-steps-recall-senator-nigeria/

With the above if Saraki just decide not to perform the last function the whole exercise of Dinos recall is in futility.

Carmal90:
Sir, I saw it someone that the sp does not have any Constitutional power on the recall, that he will be mandated to declare his seat vacant. How true is this sir

See for yourself, this is culled from vanguard newspaper

By Clifford Ndujihe

Section 69 of the 1999 Constitution provides 10 clear but tortuous steps on how a senator can be recalled from the Senate. The steps are:

1 More than half of the registered voters in the Senator’s senatorial district write, sign and send a petition to the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC alleging their loss of confidence in the senatoria

l 2 The petition must be signed, and arranged according to polling units, wards, Local Government Areas, and constituency.

3 INEC notifies the Senator sought to be recalled, stating that it has received a petition for his or her recall, if the petition is valid

4 INEC issues a public notice or announcement stating the date, time and location of the verification of signatures to the petition

5 INEC verifies the signatures to the petition at the designation. The signatories must be individuals who appear on the voters’ register.

6 INEC conducts a referendum if more than one half (50% + 1) of the signatories are verified

7 INEC writes to the petitioners stating that the minimum requirements for a referendum were not met, if the number verified is less than one half of the registered voters in that constituency. The petition will therefore be dismissed

. 8 INEC conducts a referendum within 90 days of receipt of the petition if the minimum requirements for a referendum are met. The referendum will be a simple yes or no vote on whether the Senator should be recalled, and will be decided by simple majority of the votes of the persons registered to vote in that Senator’s constituency.

9 If majority of the voters in the constituency vote ‘yes’ the Chairman of the INEC will send a Certificate of Recall to the Senate President to effect the recall.

10 The Senate President will show affected senator the way out of the Senate.

Read more at: https://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/07/10-steps-recall-senator-nigeria/

So the game plan is to have him in custody while the verification is going on, they also locked up his brothers and aides that will help.

Exercise in futility as the final process of recall will be done by senate president, all saraki will do is to put the recall file in his drawer and forget it, since he as the senate president is empowered to announce the recall the senator at plenary by law.

I am interested and I want venture immediately
My email is amhalibventures@gmail.com

The FG can equate Bsc to even SSCE if they like but the fact is HND is diploma while Bsc is Degree

SamuelAnyawu:
Mamman Nur is one of the Factional Leaders controlling Borno North/Lake Chad area including some part of Cameeroon. He is not a Nigeria tho i think from Chad or Niger. He attacks with Reckless abandon and ferocity. A very hardened fighter. He hardly attacks innocent peeps or send girls to do suicide bombings. He never gives up.

Lemme be quiet for security reasons

who told you Mamman nur is not a Nigerian, I know Mamman nur from when he was a baby in polwaya biyu, he is around 41 years old now, his father is a retired alkali, Mamman nur schooled in high Islam inside bocolis, his mother is shuwa and is married to a girl from Douala through his uncle who went to stay there as a businessman from maiduguri.

Mamman nur is a Nigerian from the house of Alkali Habib of polwaya biyu, mammna nur was among close allies of mohammed Yusuf in fact was like his VP academic while shekau was VP militant arm, Mamman but fled to Douala when the first boko war started and stayed with his in-laws but fled when he was declared wanted

Chinnnex:
i see

abeg forgive me, we are really disappointed, that mistake needs to be corrected next year

Though GEJ is not ialso an option, I think anyone that get elected should be booted out if he fails lime GMB, with this the ruling class will know power belongs to the people

Disable athletes are making us proud while the able ones are busy disgracing us, only wrestler odunayo got gold among able atheletes

Congrats galadima

Most of them are dismissed soldiers or deserters, so it will be difficult detect such as a lot are out there

stonemasonn:
A PhD certificate!?

yes but only relevant in church work, more like PhD in bible school which cannot be used for anything outside such

I done support faking of result, but theological universities are not under NUC the case is in court and there is difference between fake certificate and having certificate from an unaccredited instituition

Are the bible schools under NBTE or NUC ? But they give certification. Such certificate are not to be used for anything apart from church work, a lot of the Dr brandished by pastors are from theology schools

@kagari I really miss your regular updates of prices from various markets, or do one have to join the WhatsApp group people are dropping their numbers to get the update ?

Where is emmachile too

What type of half baked journalism is this

adebayo111:
how much is myjoy decoder and whats their subscription like

joytv is free to air just buy any decoder and minimum of 60cm dish, get an installer he will help you fix it you will get most Ghanaian channels , news some Nigerian channels, some church channels and you will also get all MBC channels, a channel called max tv air bundesliga and Italian liga weekends

Where is the upper hand, all I see is empathy from the senate to confirm nominees from critical sectors so that the nation can move.

This is brown envelope journalism

Nodogragra4me:
Were you expecting them to upload all their channels whole testing the strength of their signal across the nation?

I challenge you to tell me any other channel they have that is not on abs 3 west

I don't have the decoder but I have been watching tstv test transmission for the past 6 months FTA on abs 3, honestly I won't spent more than N500 monthly to watch what is there currently because most of the channels are what you can get for free on other Satelite

They added some sports channels this week namely grande sport 1,2,3 that only air london and Rio Olympic games, outdated badminton and some Asian boxing.

If the channels tstv are brandishing now is what they will rely on my people is better you call satellite installer to install Joy tv for you where you watch different movies foreign and African as well as entire MBC channels that tstv is carrying as if they created it.

When will this government stop this blame game.

What is secret about the things you mentioned ?


Though invaluable advice

graphicicon:
*TStv Africa*
*NO MORE PAYMENTS FOR THE CHANNELS YOU DON'T WATCH*
The era of paying for the channels you don't watch is over. Do you know that with TStv you can only pay for the channels of your interest? Channels you want to view only.
TStv has introduced *'A' LA CARTE'* PRICING MODEL a system whereby all channels are priced individually and daily, a system which gives a subscriber the opportunity to choose and pay for channels of interest only.
*NB: TStv has no Bouquets*

Below is a typical example on how it works �
You want to watch the below channels only for 30days (1 Month)
MBC 2..........................N3/day
BBC NEWS..................N2/day
AIT................................N3/day
FRANCE 24.................N2/day
Press TV......................N1/day
GRANDE SPORT 3......N2/day
Total amount.............N13/day
Total no. Of days....... 30days
N13 x 30days = N390
This means you can pay N390 only to watch the above selected channels for a period of 30days
For 60days (2 months) is
N390 x 2 = N780
*_NB: You can also pay for 1 day, 2days, 3days, 17days, 360day, etc._*

*TSTV VOUCHERS*
N200, N400, N500, N750, N1,000, N2,500, N3,000, N4,000, N5,000 and N10,000
Based on the above example of N390/Month, you can buy N400 Voucher and still remain with N10 balance at the end of the Month

*PAUSE SUBSCRIPTION*
Pause subscription depends on the Number of Channels Subscribed which means the higher the no. of channels subscribed the higher the no. days to be paused. �
Between 10 and 15...3day
16 Channels to 20....5days
21 Channels to 30....7days
31 Channels to 40....8days
channels & above.... 10days

good idea but if you are their agent tell them we can get most of the channels they have or their equivalent FTA, they need to add good channels like sports and documentary, not the current grande sports channels that air london 2012, old badminton or Philippines boxing, we need to see contents like bundesliga, laliga French league etc and also documentaries like nat geo, discovery, travel channels, history, fine living ,etc

sunene1:
Rescan ur Abs 3 tstv package they just added grande sport 1 to 3 enjoy while it last

thanks just did, they also added mbc 4 ,mbc bollywood rtnews and zoomo but this may soon be encrypted

davodyguy:
They'll soon encrypt those channels.

Star times started out like that in 2010 on C band. I tracked and watched free until star times was launched fully.

I'll surely get the decoder for browsing sake(data promised)

but they said the decorder that has data is not yet out, it only the sassy decoder that is normal decoder that is out

davodyguy:
Chief Ismail500

Come supply me TSTV oo.
I'm home all day tomorrow

if he does kindly update me in channels especially sports and documentary, I have abs 3 FTA but I cannot pay for those channels, hope there will be improvement on the official decoder, I honestly want to patronise tstv

Tstv are claiming they have some new channels including sports on their website which we don't have on abs3, are they lieing again or we should expect the sports channels as they claim they are now rolling out

davodyguy:
Are you guys not interested in Anthony Joshua's fight?


Funny enough apart from Kwese, only Skybox office is airing online and cost £100

will it be aired on kfs

Interpol knows its all politics and they don't want be involved