The Nigeria Senate has made it clear that its rejection of Ibrahim Magu as substantive chairman of the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) “still stands.“
According to the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Sabi Abdullah, the Senate has already made its resolution, “and our resolutions are official statements. “And most times, based on how we communicate, we don’t go to press immediately because somebody has made a statement; we usually discuss issues.
“You know before we made that resolution, the issue was debated. It is not because the executive has said something, we will react to it. We discuss issues first.
“He was brought to us for confirmation, and on the basis of damning reports from the DSS, we rejected him twice. It is left for Nigerians to see and we have done our part.”
“We are expressing the opinion of the Senate, its stand and its position. We have given it a resolution. For now that is what subsists, and until we get a response, otherwise officially, we are not going back.”
The position of the Senate is coming against the background of the resolve by the Presidency to continue to work with Magu to stamp out endemic corruption in the country. [myad]
