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 8 th 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.
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