OFFICIAL: PRESIDENT BUHARI EXTENDS VACATION, WRITES NATIONAL ASSEMBLY

President Muhammadu Buhari has written to the National Assembly today, February 5, 2017, informing of his desire to extend his leave in order to complete and receive the results of a series of tests recommended by his doctors.

The President had planned to return to Abuja this evening, but was advised to complete the test cycle before returning. The notice has since been dispatched to the Senate President, and Speaker, House of Representatives.

PRESIDENT BUHARI PROCEEDS ON VACATION

President Muhammadu Buhari leaves for the United Kingdom today on a short leave, which is part of his annua vacation. He is expected to resume work on February 6, 2017.

During the vacation, the President will also undergo routine medical check-ups.

In line with Section 145 (1) of the 1999 Constitution (as amended), the President of the Senate, and Speaker, House of Representatives, have been duly communicated.

While away, the Vice President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo, will perform the functions of the Office of the President.

MADNESS: NASS planning immunity laws for Senate President, Speaker,CJN

Another interesting time in Nigeria as the NASS plans to grants Senate President, Speaker and CJN immunity. This no doubt, is the immunity to steal?


Nigeria's National Assembly is set to begin the process of Constitution amendment towards ensuring immunity for heads of the three arms of government.

To also benefit from the immunity, when the Constitution is amended, are the Deputy Senate President, Speaker of the House of Representatives, his deputy and the Chief Justice of the Federation (CJN).

The Senate President, Bukola Saraki, was recently docked by the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) over the alleged falsification in his asset declaration over 10 years ago.

OSUN IS NOT READY FOR RENEGADES' SUMMIT---- SPEAKER

Rt. Hon. Najeem Salaam, Speaker, Osun State House of Assembly, having inaugurated an investigative panel to investigate petition forwarded to the parliament under his watch by a serving judge of the state, Justice Olamide Folahanmi Oloyede on allegation of financial recklessness leveled against Gov. Rauf Aregbesola set the ball rolling for another dimension to the wage crisis resulting from unpaid workers' salaries in the state. He spoke to selected journalist in which our reporters is one of them on different issues ranging from the unpaid salaries, Justice Oloyede's petition and the summit being proposed by a group among other issues. Excerpt:

Q: Osun state appears to have been at a standstill now for lack of fund to pay workers' salaries and complete the abandoned projects, what is your take on this?

Salaam: Osun is passing through a phase, not standstill, and it is so, because Osun just like others is a constituent unit of a troubled nation which was raped badly by the ousted Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) regime, and if President Muhammadu Buhari could describe the country as at present as Augean stable that must be cleaned up for forward march, what do you expect Osun as an integral part to do?

Look, let us face the reality here, the predicament we are in is not about the making of an individual, governor or poor economic planning; it is a structural problem and not until the top gets it right, the federating units would still be contending with epileptic mode of economy and financial topsy-turvy, because the kind of federalism we practise is what I call 'feeding bottle' federalism. For no state could access her resources to surge up her finance, everything belongs to the federal government, and the federal government may not be ready to tap your own resources now, because there is one laying the golden eggs already.