The non-confirmation of Ibrahim Magu as the chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) by the Senate was, and still is, one issue that strained the relationship between the two arms of government.
The pronouncements of various stakeholders have evoked memories of the 2015 National Assembly leadership debacle. The ruling All Progressives Congress lost the opportunity to install its preferred candidates. Deputy Political Editor RAYMOND MORDI examines the issues at stake and why another fiasco should be averted now.
In the view of analysts, the APC appears to be making the same mistake that led to the emergence of the Saraki-led Senate leadership and the Yakubu Dogara-led leadership of the House of Representatives, by seeking to impose Lawan and Femi Gbajabiamila on the National Assembly. Such analysts say the party ought to have zoned the positions to its preferred regions and throw it open to all aspirants. This, they say, does not stop the party leadership from backing a preferred candidate.
To avert what happened in 2015, when the leadership of the 8th National Assembly connived with members of the opposition to emerge, observers believe that the party must tow a more conciliatory approach. The relationship between the 8th Senate and the Presidency has been acrimonious from the inception of the APC-led government in May 2015. The foundation of the unending rift is traceable to the controversy and contention that greeted the emergence of the senate leadership, where the Presidency and the APC leadership attempted to impose persons of their interest to certain leadership offices at the apex chamber, but without success.
In other words, there is need for synergy, for the ruling party to be able to steer the country towards the desired change it promised four years ago. The need for synergy between the executive and the legislative arms of government perhaps explains why there is fusion of powers in the parliamentary system of government, especially the Westminster model; the two arms of government are intermingled.
However, the 2018 budget once again brought to fore the battle between the executive and the National Assembly, especially the Senate. At some point, heads of agencies were said not to be co-operating with the legislature for budget defence, and the president had to give an express directive for all heads of Ministries, Departments and Agencies to urgently attend to the National Assembly on the budget.
The non-confirmation of Ibrahim Magu as the chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission by the Senate was, and still is, one issue that strained the relationship between the two arms of government.
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