In a statement by Chairman of the Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Senator Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi, the Senate stated that many of the comments on the proposed amendments were made by those who have neither read the bill nor understood the principles behind it
Browsing: Abubakar Bukola Saraki
It’s about the hawker on the road, the nurse in the hospital, the student in the school, the hustling Nigerian youth, and the retired pensioner, et al. It’s certainly no more business as usual. It is rather unfortunate that the likes of Saraki have not noticed how fast things have changed in Nigeria
They noted that the move was aimed at whittling down the powers of the agencies, thereby helping the embattled President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, to escape justice
According to Oyedepo, the party executive came into office in the middle of April 2014 and took oath of office on April 17, 2014.
He said: “Section 47(1) of the 2012 PDP amended constitution gives any officer of the party elected through congress a tenure of four years.
“By the Constitution of the party, we are due to leave office on the 15th of April, 2018
Saraki, who aligned himself with the request by the NSE President, Engineer Otis Anyaeji, for the extension of the application of the Nigerian Content Development Act to cover other sectors of the economy, said it was in the same spirit the Senate on Wednesday debated and passed for second reading a bill to amend the Public Procurement Act
The genuine leadership of National Youth Council of Nigeria were shocked to note from the media, the gathering of persons of dubious characters in the office of the Senate President on 13th April, 2016 where the ugly call for the scrapping of the Code of Conduct Tribunal was stated by one Ugochinyere Ikenga who is a legislative aide to the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki
He agreed that it was too early for Saraki to have brought the issue of fundamental rights to fair trial when the tribunal had not concluded its findings on the falsification of assets charges brought against him
He said efforts must also be put in place to ensure that adequate gas is made available to the GENCOs to meet the demand by the Electricity Distributing Companies
Speaking to newsmen after plenary, the sponsor of the CCB Act amendment Bill, Senator Peter Nwaoboshi (Delta North, PDP), said it had become necessary to amend the Act establishing the CCB and its Tribunal
Buhari said: “Given the hyped trial of the Senate President, one would have been tempted to assume the prosecution team had evidence to proof the charges filed against the Senate President. However, the comedy-filled 48 hours after the commencement of the trial has shown that the CCB has no case against the Senate President and the whole trial might have been initiated to put the Senate President on media trial with the sole goal of painting him black in the minds of unsuspecting Nigerians. Even if the plot is to convict Dr. Saraki in the court of public opinion, the plot is destined to fail because those folk tales cannot stand the test of credibility in the face of the facts and water-tight arguments
The Transition Monitoring Group, a coalition of over 400 civil organisations working for the entrenchment of democracy and good governance in Nigeria, had already added its voice to the growing calls for the embattled Senate president to step down from office
It is on record that more than sixty senators accompanied Dr. Saraki to the CCT on his first day of appearance. The picture has been largely the same during other appearances. The business of Senate was grinded to a halt on each occasion with the attendant waste of tax-payers’ money
The Coalition Against Corrupt Leaders has called on the President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, to tow the…
At the resumed hearing of the case, the EFCC witness, who was led in evidence by the prosecution counsel, Rotimi Jacobs (SAN), said the money was lodged by different individuals
He said a group of trustees, led by him, was mandated to use the money in paying scholarship grants and funds for Joint Admission and Matriculation Board forms for students across the state.
It said what Saraki had been receiving from the State Government was his pension, which other former governors across the country earn.
Wetkas in his testimony said Saraki received monthly salaries from June 2011 till August 2015
At the resumed hearing of the case, Wetcast, led in evidence by the EFCC counsel, Rotimi Jacobs (SAN), said the defendant directed GTBank to transfer the funds to America Express Services, Europe Limited
Saraki is facing trial at the Code of Conduct Tribunal on a 13-count charge bordering on alleged corruption and false declaration of assets while he was the governor of Kwara State.
The Senate president noted that though the prosecution tried to bring in some dramatic narratives, it was clear that they were merely thrashing around and hoping to titillate the public with salacious tales
Agabi was earlier represented by Paul Usoro (SAN), who said the absence of the lead counsel was as a result of flight hitches.
Agabi came in after the tribunal had overruled the defence’s request for the adjournment of the trial