A member of the All Progressives Congress’ Board of Trustees, Ismael Ahmed, has berated President Muhammadu Buhari saying that the President’s recent letters to the Senate have raised more dusts than it gave answers to brewing hullabaloo.
President Muhammadu Buhari
Ahmed was referring to the letters written by President Buhari for the confirmation of Ibrahim Magu as the substantive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), and another written in response to a request about the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Lawal Babachir.
Ahmed was mostly particular about the letter focusing on the SGF, which many critics have said was a defense for the SGF by the President.
While speaking in an interview with Channels TV, Ahmed took the path of critics saying “Some of the concerns that were raised as impediments for not going ahead with the confirmation by the Senate initially, have been taken care of and it is left for the Senate to begin the legislative process, get to the confirmation hearing and determine whether the EFCC acting chairman is fit to be confirmed or not”.
“The President, I think in his own wisdom, thought it was necessary to write back a response on the reasons he could not carry out some of the things that they (the Senators) decided that he should. He felt that that was necessary, but as a politician, I will tell you that I do not think that the Senate was expecting a response from the President,” he added.
“I thought the letter would have raised more questions than answers from the side that the president was trying hard to protect some of his appointees.
I wouldn’t have written the letter,” he emphasized.
