National Assembly lacks power to declare no-confidence vote on IGP - Malami
- The attorney-general of the federation and minister of justice Abubakar Malami said the major responsibility of the National Assembly is exposing corruption
- Malami also said the fundamental functions of the legislature is lawmaking within the context and spirit of section 4 of the constitution and two, is oversight
- He noted that the lawmakers under the law does have power to declare no-confidence vote on the IGP
The attorney-general of the federation and minister of justice Abubakar Malami has declared that the National Assembly does not have the power to declare a vote of no confidence on Ibrahim Idris, inspector-general of police.
It was learnt that the lawmakers declared the no-confidence vote on the IGP after an emergency joint meeting on Tuesday, June 5.
Malami who made this known on a Channels TV programme on Wednesday night, June 6, said the major responsibility of the national assembly is exposing corruption.
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He said: “Within the purview of the constitution, if you look at section 4 of the constitution alongside Section 88 of the constitution, I think the fundamental functions of the legislature is lawmaking within the context and spirit of section 4 of the constitution and two, is oversight.
“The oversight function is not open-ended in all sincerity. Within the context of the workings of the ministries, departments and agencies, the major responsibility of the national assembly is exposing corruption. That is the bottom line.
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“I cannot in all sincerity come to terms with the reality of the declaration of the vote of no confidence against the IG, where to situate it within the context of the lawmaking responsibility of the national assembly and within the context of exposing corruption.”
Meanwhile, Legit.ng had reported that Abubakar Malami accused Ibrahim Magu of breaching the EFCC rules on prosecutions.
The office of the minister of justice on Tuesday, August 1, served a letter to the EFCC seeking compliance with the regulation on the prosecution of serious cases.
The letter from the attorney-general accused the EFCC of breaching section 10(1) of the EFCC (Enforcement) regulations 2010.
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Source: Legit.ng
