Nigeria A Headless Country?
President Buhari is sick and out of the Country
VP/AP out of the country
The seat of Power was left Vacant!
The senate send out a loud message in this regard yesterday at the preliminary
Nigeria leaders are not schooled in the act of leadership. We need to have leadership school where leaders are schooled on every aspect of leadership.
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A mild drama occurred on the floor of the Senate, on Tuesday, when a point of order was raised, that the Senate President, Abubakar Bukola Saraki was the Acting President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, DailyPost reports.
The Senate, upon resumption from its 3
weeks break, received a communication from Professor Yemi Osinbajo, the
Acting President of Nigeria, seeking the confirmation of Lanre
Gbajabiamila, as the Director General of National Lottery Regulatory
Commission.
The lawmakers, however, subjected the
letter to deliberations, owing to the fact that the Acting President,
had earlier reportedly said the Senate had no power to confirm nominees.
Senator
Eyinanya Abaribe (Abia South), had raised a motion that the country had
no President or Acting President at the moment, adding that, President
Muhammadu Buhari and Professor Yemi Osinbajo were neither in the
country, as at the time.
This was greeted with a
counter point, coming through order 53 rule 4 of the Senate standing
rules, by Senator Kabiru Marafa (Zamfara Central).
Marafa
who cited relevant sections of the Nigerian constitution, said, “if the
President is not around, the Vice President should act, and if the Vice
President is not around, the Senate President, who is the number 3
citizen should become acting President.”
The Senate
President, however, didn’t allow any seconder or more comments, even
when Senators were agitating to support the motion. He quickly ruled
Senator Marafa “out of order.”
it is so obvious that most of those that are elected into positions have no knowledge of how things should run. many do not even know the position of our constitution on many issues.... it is a common knowledge that our constitution is poor and ambiguous, but I believe that a well instituted leadership school will help leaders appreciate their position better.
ReplyDeletePresidents ought to be groomed on how to speak and interact with citizens, same with others in places of authority.