The minority leader of the House of Representatives, Femi
Gbajabiamila has said that President Goodluck Jonathan lacks the power
to sack governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Sanusi Lamido
Sanusi before the expiration of his tenure.
Gbajabiamila
in a release signed by his personal Research Assistant, Mr Wasiu
Olanrewaju-Smart, said while the president has the right to force Sanusi
out of his job, noted that he is not empowered by the law to compel him
to do so.
According to the statement,
"Mr President has
the right to ask the CBN governor to resign, same way, Nigerians have
the right to ask him or anyone to resign. However, he does not have the
powers to do so. Having a right is one thing, having the power is
another. Many have asked Mr President to resign but lack the powers to
compel him to do so."
He continued,
"If those advising the president cannot think, at least they can read. The
laws of the land are written in English and in black and white. By
asking that the president should seek approval of two-third of the
Senate, the law essentially seeks to enforce the doctrine of checks and
balances and to avoid the abuse of powers of a capricious and arbitrary
president, whilst at the same time guarantee the autonomy of the CBN."
He further stated that CBN should be granted autonomy to prevent this and other situations from arising.
"It
is funny that Nigerians rose stoutly to the defence of the CBN governor
when the legislature attempted to amend the CBN Act to make the
institution more accountable to the National Assembly. Now I see the
wisdom in the position taken by most Nigerians. The CBN must be
protected from an overbearing executive or any other arm of government." READ MORE: http://news.naij.com/56491.html
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