He said banks were at a vantage position to disclose suspicious transactions to relevant authorities and called on them to take on the major responsibility of stamping out corruption
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Joined as respondents in the suit are the Attorney General of the Federation, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission and the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission
Some of the lawyers, who spoke to NAN, said the action of the lawyers was unethical, while some blamed the judge for not taking appropriate action to charge them for contempt
They said that they were displeased with the decision of the tribunal refusing their application to stay proceedings in the trial pending the determination of an appeal they filed before the Supreme Court
The PDP members got the chairmanship of 24 committees, with some of them heading the so called “juicy committees” such as Power, Petroleum Upstream, Petroleum Downstream, Finance, Privatization and Niger Delta among others
While Saraki’s party, the All Progressives Congress, will chair 41 seats, the Peoples Democratic Party has 24 of its senators chairing committees of the Senate
One of them, Gershom Bassey, said there was no rift between the senators of the PDP and their All Progressives Congress counterparts in the Red Chamber, adding that the PDP senators still had confidence in Saraki’s leadership
The State Government blamed its inability to pay subventions to the affected tertiary institutions on the drop in monthly federal allocations to the state from N3.2 billion to N1.8 billion
The Abuja Division of the Court of Appeal had yet to deliver judgment in an appeal filed by Saraki against charges of alleged false declaration of assets levied against him by the Code of Conduct Bureau
The Registrar gave no reason for the adjournment but said a new date will be communicated to the lawyers
The Chairman of the tribunal, Justice Josiah Majebi, upheld Saraki’s election when he delivered judgment in the petition filed by Alhaji Abdulrahman Abdulrasaq of the Peoples Democratic Party on Tuesday
Saraki’s election as the representative of Kwara Central Senatorial District on the platform of the All Progressives Congress was challenged at the Tribunal by the Peoples Democratic Party
Tinubu was quoted by the group over his alleged comments in some national dailies on Saraki that the Senate leader was a chameleon in his attitude since crossing over from the Peoples Democratic Party to the All Progressives Congress
In a series of tweets on his Twitter handle on Sunday, Saraki said the tradition of having two senators back a ministerial nominee would not be sacrosanct this time around
Mohammed said he decided to hands-off the case following an on-line publication alleging that he had made unsuccessful efforts to stop Saraki from being tried by the tribunal.
According to the aide, who pleaded anonymity, the worshippers were said to have been angry over unpaid salaries.
As you said, you would soon be 40 years and I don’t think the impact that you have made in the society has been felt.
As a learned legal luminary, he served in various
capacities before he was enthroned as a traditional ruler. He placed
priority on the welfare and well-being of his subjects. He lived a
life full of service to God and humanity as a faithful Christian and
lover of God. We shall surely miss him,” he said.
However, Saraki needs be reminded that Nigerians will see through his bags of tricks and will hold him responsible to stalling and stalking the Buhari government and for sabotaging the agenda of change, for which Buhari was elected
The President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, during plenary on August 13, 201, announced membership of the committee.
Appointed members of the committee include Senators Godswill Akpabio, Babajide Omoworare, Mohammed Hassan, Ali Wakili, Mao Ohuabunwa, Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko, Olusola Adeyeye and Mohammed Shaaba Lafiagi