Tie Your Tongue, Stop Speaking Against Senate, APC Tells Itse Sagay, Others

[caption id="attachment_18435" align="alignnone" width="690"]Professor Itse Sagay, PACAC Chairman [/caption]

In an effort to cement the frosty relationship between the Presidency and the Senate, the All Progressives Congress (APC), has chided the Chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption (PACAC), Prof. Itse Sagay, to watch his utterances capable of been misconstrued as an attack on the institution of the National Assembly.

The party, in a statement Wednesday, by its spokesperson, Bolaji Abdullahi, said its call is based on efforts being made to resolve the rift between the Executive and the National Assembly.

The APC also asked all government appointees to “stop making statements that may further worsen the relationship between the two arms of government and derail the Party’s effort to make peace”.

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“We believe the comments attributed to Prof. Sagay are uncalled for, regrettable and could further complicate the relationship between these vital arms of government.

“Our expectation would be that as a Law Professor of repute, Prof. Sagay would appreciate the need to not denigrate the institutions of democracy, be it the Executive, Legislature or Judiciary,” the party said.

It also said as an appointee of Mr. President, it expects the don to key into his principal’s temper and help him to make friends that would make his job easier and not make enemies of people who, by virtue of the position they occupy under the nation’s law, are critical to the running of government and the nurturing of democracy.

The party said it objects to Mr. Sagay’s call on the Senate to withdraw invitation extended to him.

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“As someone appointed by our government, we find this kind of posturing unacceptable and potentially injurious to the peace efforts by the party.

“The party wishes to reiterate its earlier position admonishing all elected or appointed officials of our government to desist from utterances that may endanger efforts to build harmonious relationship between the two arms of government. Prof. Sagay should not operate outside this admonition,” the party said.

Sagay, last week, criticised the Senate for refusing to approve electoral commissioners until President Muhammadu Buhari removes the acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim Magu.

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