A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN, Ebun-Oluwa Adegboruwa,
has alleged that President Bola Tinubu did not comply with the provision of the
constitution judging from the manner he submitted his ministerial nominees to
the Senate.
Adegboruwa claimed that Tinubu failed to fulfil the
requirements of the constitution when he sent 28 names of ministerial nominees
to the Senate, which he said is less than the number of states in the country.
The senior lawyer made the observation on Thursday while
speaking as a guest on Channels Television’s programme.
According to him, compliance with the provisions of the
constitution should be holistic and total, insisting it should not be at the
discretion of the President.
He said, “First of all is to state that from the point of
view of the law, we don’t have ministers currently because the president didn’t
fulfil the requirements of the constitution in nominating the ministers or
sending the list.
“The first thing the constitution says clearly is that you
must have one minister per state, at least there must be a ministerial nominee
from each of the States of the federation who must be indigenes of that
particular State; and we have 36 States.
“Then also, the law says in sending these nominees, he must
do so within 60 days he has taken the oath of office.
“The president took the oath of office on 29th of May. By
sending the names of ministerial nominees that is less than number of states in
Nigeria, that means he has not fulfilled or complied with the constitution
because he sent 28 names within the 60 days.
“You don’t decide as discretion on how you want to comply
with the constitution. The compliance must be holistic; it must be total.
“At the time the president was sending the list, he should
have sent not less than 37; 36 States for the purpose of ministerial
appointments, and FCT is also counted as a State.
“So, not sending 37 names as of 27th of July, the President
has not complied with the law.”
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So with all these challenges confronting the Nation, the issue of name submission date is what you're concern about. Oga go sit down
ReplyDeletePeople like you ,is the reason Nigeria is not moving forward. Why can't the president comply to the constitution he swore to protect.
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