Senate Summons Sagay Over ‘Derogatory’ Comment

[caption id="attachment_18142" align="alignnone" width="650"]Prof. Itse Sagay, PACAC Chairman[/caption]

The Senate has summoned the Chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee on Anti-corruption, Prof. Itse Sagay, over comments credited to him.

The upper legislative arm made the decision during plenary on Wednesday following Sagay’s claim on Tuesday that the Senate is full of people with questionable characters.

Sagay was reacting to the Senate’s refusal to screen and confirm the 27 nominees sent to it by President Muhammadu Buhari nominees Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs) in the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC.

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Sagay stated that Buhari would not be cowed by the Senate’s action, which according to him shows lack of regard to the Presidency.

He said: “That action is childish and irresponsible. Do they think Buhari is a man that can easily be threatened? My God! How can people of such character occupy the highest legislative office in the country? Nigeria is finished.

“It is a great mistake and they will regret it.

“Where the Senate is required to approve a person for a particular position and they refuse to do it, the person could continue to act depending on the nature of the appointment.

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“However, if the nominee is coming from another sector, just like in the case of the RECs, it means they cannot act. However, people below that rank in INEC can continue to act as RECs all over the country as it has been done.

“What this action means is that the Senate is being occupied by the most unserious set of Nigerians in history. Nigeria is currently at its lowest level because we have people who have no sense of responsibility, who have no feeling and are there for just vanity and are ready to bring down the country in order to feel important, it is the worst case of abuse ever.

“Let them do what they want, they will regret it.”

On Wednesday, the Senate, decided to summon Sagay after a Point of Order raised by the Deputy Leader, Bala ibn Na’allah.

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