•Bill sent back for fresh consultations
From ADETUTU FOLASADE-KOYI, Abuja
Senate had a rowdy session yesterday over a recommendation that the Office of the National Security Adviser (NSA) coordinates the fight against terrorism. The session arose over the report of the Conference Committee on the Transfer of Convicted Offenders (Enactment and Enforcement) Act CAP. T16, LFN 2004 Bill 2011 (SB 26).
The committee comprising both chambers of the National Assembly, had harmonised the bill and adopted the House of Representatives’ version which recommended the NSA’s office as the coordinating office. A new section 1 (a) was inserted after the extant section 1 of the principal Act which “deals with National Coordinating Bodies on counter terrorism offences and designates specific institutions and vest specific powers and functions, that is- the office of the National Security Adviser, the Attorney-General of the Federation and relevant law enforcement and security agencies.
The conference committee considered in details the new provision vis-a-vis other extant laws in force with regard to national security and prevention of terrorism and adopted the House version”. The plenary, however, became rowdy following a motion by the Chairman of the Rules and Business Committee, Ita Enang, on the legality of National Assembly appointing the NSA as the coordinating office. Sen. Enang said that since the “office of the NSA does not exist in law”, the National Assembly cannot make laws for the office, noting that “the National Assembly cannot dictate to the President on who should be the coordinating office. Senate President David Mark reminded his colleagues that a new debate could not be taken on the bill at that stage.
“This is a conference report; we cannot be brought here for another round of debates. We had our own version and our committee went there and they did not take our version. We cannot start a new debate. If the bill is signed into law, we can revisit it.” However, there was furore in the chamber again over whether Enang’s motion should prevail or not.
The Senate President refused to rule Enang out of order. Senators were divided following which Mark, after a quick consultation with Senate Leader Victor Ndoma-Egba (SAN), asked him to move a motion for the report to be dropped, given further legislative work and re-presented on another legislative day.
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If the office of the NSA is not establishd by the law of the land, then it should be scrapd, otherwise what is the furore all about.the law supposed to ‘ve spelt out its functions and limits. I’ve said it before, all these unnecessary creations of agencies, parastatals, offices, etc that just duplicate the original ones should all be proscribd. They are merely conduit pipes of wasting our common wealth, nd that is the reason why you wonder what their real functions are.
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Office of the NSA, CDS, and Chief of staff are all unlawful offices being run by our governments. The offices exist even during the military era, but they’re hardly known or popularised by the government.
It is the occupants of the offices in these days that are making it look as if the offices are bigger than the the statutory bodies recognised by law. The earlier the NASS cut the wings of these offices, the better it’ll be for the polity.
The offices of the Inspector General of Police and that of the Secret Police (DSS, NIA etc) are more than enough to manage security in the country.
Nomatter how many irrelevant offices we proliferate, unless we have the right men, material and money, put in place, we go nowhere.
Can someone tell me what has been the achievements of Dasuki since he was appointed the NSA? What job roles is the NSA performing that are of significant difference from those of the heads of the armed forces and the IGP? Any decision to tranfer the co-ordination of anti-terrorist activities including the prosecution of arrested terrorism suspects to the office of the NSA which was not established by any law is a ploy to delay the prosecution of the current war against boko haram activities and a subtle plan to free all their detained members. Any group of people dominated by northern muslims will always vote decisions that will favour the continuation of boko haram activities until 2015 when they expect power to be transferred to them. Majority of the NASS members know so but unfortunately they are not patrotic enough to stand up for the good of Nigerians as one nation. Also the Christians in the NASS are very much aware of this but most of them are too cowardly to speak the truth and this is why their voice is never heard about boko haram madness in the wanton killing of Christians in the north as if Christians did not vote them into office too.
@ Nnanna, you are completely right.We must call corruption by its name and fight it headlong. No matter how flamboyant we name offices, if the right ingredients and values are not in place, there will be no progress.
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YES, SINCE IT IS DASUKI ,THEIR BROTHER THAT IS THE NSA, WHY NOT GIVE HIM THE PRESIDENT’s EXECUTIVE POWERS, THAT OF THE POLICE AND EVEN THAT OF THE COURTS. THAT WAY BOKO HARAM TERRORIST WILL CONTINUE TO BE RELEASED AND SEND BACK TO WORK FOR THE ISLAMIC AGENDA.
THESE NORTHERN ISLAMIST WILL NEVER THINK WELL OF THE NATION, TO HELL WITH THE ISLAMIC AGENDA.
The northern legislators will always go for laws that favours their people whether rightly or not. There are selfish set of law makers. See the issue of grazing corridor for the fulani normads as if land belongs to the federal government. Actually I thank Senator Ita Enang for his courageous representation in the Senate. Other so-call christians legislators are just there representing their pockets and they feared the muslim cabals.