The senate President, Bukola Saraki has said that his comment regarding the approval of the service chiefs that were appointed by President Muhammadu Buhari, stating that he said such appointment needs no approval, was misinterpreted.
This was disclosed in a statement on Tuesday by the Chief Press Secretary, Sanni Onogu that was shared on his Facebook page.
The attention of the Media Office of the Senate President has been drawn to a story making the rounds to the effect that the Senate does not need to screen or confirm the new Service Chiefs appointed by President Muhammadu Buhari.
However, we want to make it abundantly clear that based on inquiries made to the Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki on whether the Senate was consulted before the appointment of new Service Chiefs was announced, he had in response tweeted that the appointment of Service Chiefs is the exclusive function of the President as stipulated by the Constitution.
Let it be known that his comment is now being misinterpreted to say the Senate will neither screen nor confirm the new Service Chiefs. This is far from the truth.
For the avoidance of doubt, Saraki has said his comment is without prejudice to extant laws and court pronouncements on the issue and therefore that the Senate will do the needful when the list of the new Service Chiefs is sent to it by Mr. President.
Saraki in a new tweet today said: “This is to clarify the earlier position which was not up to date, and does not represent the position of the Senate President on the issue of screening of the newly appointed service chiefs . The Senate will perform its constitutional duty when it receives communication from the President on the appointments.”
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PRESS RELEASE Saraki Clears Air on Tweets Concerning Service Chiefs Screening The attention of the Media Office of…
Posted by Abubakar Bukola Saraki on Tuesday, July 14, 2015
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