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Tuesday, 28 March 2017

Senate suspends confirmation of INEC RECs in protests against Pres. Buhari’s refusal to sack EFCC acting chair, Ibrahim Magu

Tuesday, 28 March 2017


The senate today suspended the confirmation exercise of 27 Resident Electoral Commissioners President Buhari sent in for confirmation. According to the senators, the refusal of the presidency to sack acting chairman, Ibrahim Magu, even after they rejected him, is an insult to the house. The senators argued that some of the presidential aides have formed the habit of disrespecting them. They stated that the suspension of the confirmation would send a signal to the preisdency that they are not happy with the manner some of his aides behave. Continue to see what transpired in the house after the cut.


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