AGF Malami: Executive Order 10 To Ensure Separation Of Powers

Nigeria’s Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN, has said that the Executive Order 10 approved by President Muhammadu Buhari was geared towards deepening democracy at the grassroot and ensuring “effective implementation of the doctrine of separation of powers.”

This was disclosed in a statement issued on Tuesday, by Umar Jibrilu Gwandu, Special Assistant on Media and Public Relations, Office of the Attorney-General of the Federation.

Recall that President Buhari had approved the said order, so as to grant autonomy to state legislature and judiciary, as contained in Section 121(3) of the 1999 Constitution of the country.

As such, Malami, while lauding the governors for their understanding, called for ” more inter-agency support for the Order which he said will accelerate development Nigerian masses have been clamouring for.”

He added that the implementation Committee would work with the recommendations from the Governor’s Forum and other stakeholders, thereby ensuring the practicability of the order.

“In furtherance of the implementation of the Order, the Federal Government and Nigerian Governors’ Forum are jointly working on modalities for effective implementation of the order,” the statement read in part.