The move to whittle down President’s unilateral power to sack the anti-graft agency boss is embedded in the proposed bill sponsored by Senator Chukwuka Utazi which scaled into second reading in the Red Chamber.
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The Amendment Bill which was passed into second reading was sponsored by Senator Chukwuka Utazi.
The senator also declared that he would not participate in the forthcoming Peoples Democratic Party primaries and the general election
The Senator made the appeal while speaking on Order 43 of the Senate at plenary on Tuesday in Abuja.
The forum disclosed this on Wednesday in a statement jointly signed by its Chairman, Secretary General and Publicity Secretary, Senators Opeyemi Bamidele (APC-Ekiti), Matthew Uroghide (PDP-Edo) and Chukwuka Utazi (PDP-Enugu).
The passage of the bill followed the consideration of a report by the Committee on Banking, Insurance and Other Financial Institutions.
The report has already arrived in the Red Chamber for distribution and consideration as at the time of filing this report
The Bill was sponsored by Senator Chukwuka Utazi, (PDP-Enugu), who is the Chairman, Senate Committee on Primary Health and Communicable Diseases.
The resolution was sequel to a motion during plenary on Thursday sponsored by the Chairman Senate Committee on Primary Health Care and Communicable Diseases, Senator Chukwuka Utazi.
Senator representing Enugu North Senatorial District Chukwuka Utazi says that President Muhammadu Buhari was showing a lot of commitment in the fight against corruption.
Chief Festus Ogbonna, the Chairman of CUPP, who addressed newsmen in Nsukka, appealed to journalists to verify their facts before publication.
Senator Chukwuka Utazi representing Enugu North Senatorial District has described as `false’, some media reports that his country home was sealed by the Independent Corrupt Practices Commission.
The Senate on Wednesday confirmed the appointment of Modibbo Tukur as pioneer Director of the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit.
The Senate on Wednesday confirmed the appointment of Olanipekun Olukoyede as Secretary of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.
President Muhammadu Buhari had on September 10 forwarded the name of the nominee, who is the chief of staff to the Acting Chairman of the EFCC, Ibrahim Magu, for confirmation as the Secretary of Anti-corruption agency.
The Senate has urged security operatives on siege to Deputy President of the Senate, Ike Ekweremadu’s residence, to vacate the place and allow him to enjoy his constitutional right.
The Upper Chamber also mandated its Committee on Aviation to carry out an investigation into the design and construction of the runway.
This followed the adoption of a motion entitled “The Socio-Economic Importance of Rural Roads”, sponsored by Senator Chukwuka Utazi.
The Chairman, Senate Committee on Anti-Corruption and Financial Crimes, Senator Chukwuka Utazi, who drew the conclusion during the 2018 Budget defence by the Commission before the Committee, lamented that ICPC had been greatly incapacitated with poor funding.