Any request from Buhari is good for the nation, we’ll act on it — Lawan

Senate President Ahmad Lawan has expressed willingness to
approve all requests that come to the Senate from President
Muhammadu Buhari.

Lawan said any request that comes from Buhari is “good for the
nation” and the Senate will take immediate action on them.

The Senate President said this when the Chairman, Presidential
Advisory Committee Against Corruption, Prof. Itse Sagay (SAN), paid
him a courtesy visit in Abuja on Thursday.

Sagay had appealed to the Senate President to ensure that
Ibrahim Magu, acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission, is confirmed as the substantive head of the agency.

But the Senate president said there was no pending request for
Magu’s confirmation, explaining that Magu had been rejected twice
by the 8th Senate led by Bukola Saraki.

“The confirmation of acting chairman of EFCC – there is no
request before this Senate for the confirmation of the acting
chairman of EFCC.

“This is a new senate and therefore, until there is a request to
this senate, there is nothing the senate can do.

“I want to assure you that any request that comes from Mr.
President is a request that will make Nigeria a better place in
terms of appointments or legislation and the senate will act
expeditiously to ensure that we play our part in the confirmation
or passing of legislation appropriately.”

The Senate President said the lawmakers are “in a haste” to pass
anti-corruption bills.

“As far as we are concerned, those bills will have to come again
and start to go through the process from the very beginning,” he
said.

“We are ready; in fact, we are in haste if those bills are ready
for us to start working on them.”

Earlier, Sagay, while making a case for Magu, said the acting
EFCC chairman, has accomplished “magnificent work so far in the
years of being in that position.”

“We also want to bring before the Senate, some of the criticisms
of the public in the area of oversight,” he said.