Some senior legal practitioners have expressed differing views over President Muhammadu Buhari’s rejection of the resolution by the National Assembly asking for the service chiefs’ sack, or for them to step aside, over rising insecurity in the country.
Some party were of the support that the President should heed the call of the lawmakers, others say he is not under any obligation to follow their resolution.
Below are their opinions:
“Recent events in the body polity have shown that the executive arm of government is showing scant respect to the National Assembly. While I will not comment on the others, which stink uncontrollably, I must say that the reaction of the Presidency to the resolution by the Senate for the service chiefs to vacate office is most unfortunate and insensitive”. — Sebastine Hons (SAN)
“The call of the National Assembly is in order. It is in the national interest. The Presidency’s statement that the appointment is within the prerogative of the President is misleading.” — Femi Falana (SAN)
“The Presidency’s reaction is shocking and unfortunate. Nobody is contesting the President’s power to appoint and remove these security chiefs, but the clear point, which over 80 percent Nigerians agree with, is that their performance is below expectations and they need to be replaced for fresher ideas to be injected in the insecurity fight in Nigeria.” — Monday Ubani
This should not be regarded as the Presidency undermining the National Assembly or no love lost between the two arms of the same government. The same Presidency has had cause to accept and comply with other resolutions of the National Assembly in the past. That is how the presidential system of government works; both arms of government need not agree at all times.”— Lawal Pedro (SAN)
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