Senate has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to sack the Comptroller- General of Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, Col. Hameed Ibrahim Ali,rtd as according to them is not fit to hold any public office.
According to the Senate, Ali’s resignation from his position as the head of the Customs Service has become imperative because he was unable to show respect to the Senate as an institution, despite being an appointee of the government.
The Senate has also urged the NCS boss to outrightly cancel its proposed payment of import duty on old Vehicles. The resolutions of the Senate followed the failure of Ali to appear before it as expected, over the Senate directive that he must appear in uniform, and citing the suit at a Federal High Court in Abuja, after he was walked out of the Senate chambers for not conforming to its directive to appear in uniform.
The Senate also resolved to write President Muhammadu Buhari to caution the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami to respect the principle of Separation of power, just as it urged the President to restrain the AGF from unconstitutional interference in the work of the National Assembly.
The Senate condemned the AGF for attempting to derail it from carrying out its functions, just as it described his letter advising the senate to desist from further attempt to summon the Comptroller General of Customs and also urging him to wear uniform as an insult on the National Assembly. The senators also resolved to send their resolutions to the House of Representatives for concurrence to make the resolutions that of the National Assembly.
In his concluding remarks, said, : “Well, distinguished colleagues, I will like to thank all of you for your maturity and for your desired determination to protect this particular institution. We will all pass through this place and this place will remain, it is important that the integrity of this place be maintained just as we maintain the integrity of other institutions of government.
