THE refusal of the Nigerian Senate to consider for confirmation the nomination of Ibrahim Magu as Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, points to the clash of interest among the minders of President Muhammadu Buhari, and foreshadows the crisis that may yet undo his administration.

Before the discovery of oil, Nigeria which is blessed with mineral deposits of all types including tin, gold, coal and many other minerals earned appreciable income from the aforementioned minerals. The tin, gold, coal fields were abandoned following the discovery of oil. During the first Republic Agriculture was the mainstay of the economy.

POLITICAL instability is endemic in Nigeria today. I am submitting some points that may assuage the situation. I believe all should return to the original party on whose ticket they were elected. If however, an elected official have crossed to another party, he should contest an election. But who should initiate this? I believe this should be the responsiblity of the Independent National Eelectoral Commission, INEC,!

THE Nigerian Senate last Thursday put paid to the “anti-corruption ” career of the Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. EFCC, Ibrahim Magu on the strength of a damning security report authored by the Department of State Security, DSS. The DSS is directly under the presidency that nominated him.

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