‘Efforts Are Being Wasted On The Recall Process Against Melaye’ – Saraki

Senate President Bukola Saraki has reacted to the ongoing recall process against Senator Dino Melaye (Kogi West). The former Kwara State Governor said efforts made to recall Melaye, should have gone into more “important things”.

He said this after Ike Ekweremadu, deputy senate president, contributed to a motion moved by Melaye on the recall process.

Melaye had told his colleagues that Yahaya Bello, governor of Kogi state, was behind the move to eject him from the upper legislative chamber.

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has already fixed July 10 and August 19 for the verification of signatures on the recall register, saying the outcome of the verification would determine whether the commission would proceed to conduct a referendum.

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“As they say, 10 years is no joke in leadership. The deputy president of the senate has explained the processes. Let the process speak for itself,” Saraki said.

“I really don’t know why a lot of efforts are being wasted on this issue. These efforts should have gone on more important things. Eventually, it must come back here for us to certify whether it is satisfactory.”

Earlier, Ekweremadu compared the process of recall to impeachment, saying the national assembly made it strict to avoid abuse.

He said debating the matter at plenary would amount to waste of “precious legislative time”.
“What is happening in Kogi, in respect of Senator Dino Melaye, as far as this constitution is concerned, it is an exercise in futility. They are just wasting precious time because the constitution is clear on what should happen,” Ekweremadu said.

“It is possible that the attorney-general of Kogi state has not advised them properly. If he had done that, I am sure they would have applied their time to more meaningful ventures in the state. The process of recall is the equivalent of impeachment of executive positions.

“To avoid the abuse of impeachment, they made it very strict, provisions and procedures were made on how impeachment can take place. That is why people are not taking that route of removing governors by impeachment.

“In 2010, this parliament amended the constitution regarding section 69. It states that the number of those who are supposed to have requested his (Melaye) recall are supposed to line up somewhere in Kogi, while Melaye and his lawyers and each person would verify their signature.

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“When they are done with that, they go back to section 68 which states that the president of the senate receives from the chairman of INEC the recall of the member. They would also present evidence satisfactory to the house. So, they need to come back here and convince each and every one of us that they have done the correct thing. Unless they do that, they cannot even give effect to it. So, why are we wasting our time? Let us move on and allow them to waste their time.”

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‘Efforts Are Being Wasted On The Recall Process Against Melaye’ – Saraki

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