Just In: House of Reps Speaker Threatens To Issue Warrant of Arrest On Emefiele

Date: 26-01-2023 2:32 pm (2 years ago) | Author: Bayo Nelson
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Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila has threatened to issue a warrant of arrest on the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emiefele. This followed Emefiele's refusal to appear before the House.Section 89 gives the parliament power to issue a warrant of arrest on anybody who refuses to honour an invitation from them.
 
The House at plenary on Tuesday set up an ad-hoc committee to interface with the CBN and Managing Directors of Banks on the scarcity of the redesigned naira notes and cashless policy while asking the apex bank to extend the deadline for deposit of the old notes by six months. Neither the Governor of the CBN nor his representative honoured the House invitation for a meeting by 3.00 pm on Wednesday, prompting another invite for Thursday.
 
A letter read on the floor of the House on Thursday by the Speaker and signed by CBN’s Deputy Governor, Corporate Services said Emefiele will not honour the invitation because he was part of President Buhari’s delegation to Dakar, Senegal. Reacting to the letter from the apex bank, Gbajabiamila said though the CBN Governor was a personal friend, he and other members of the House have a constitutional duty to perform.
 
He said the refusal of the CBN Governor to honour the invitation or send a representative to the House was not acceptable, adding the bank must attend the meeting summoned by the House before the close of business on Thursday.
 
He said if the bank fails to honour the invitation of the House to discuss a policy, which has caused serious hardship to Nigerians, he will be forced to invoke the provisions of the constitution to issue a warrant of arrest asking the Inspector General of Police to compel the CBN Governor to honour the House invitation.
 
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Posted: at 26-01-2023 02:32 PM (2 years ago) | Addicted Hero
- fineboy77 at 26-01-2023 03:01 PM (2 years ago)
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A lot of power play underground

Posted: at 26-01-2023 03:01 PM (2 years ago) | Addicted Hero
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- bobisco20049 at 26-01-2023 03:58 PM (2 years ago)
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femi your re-election no big pass nigeria
Posted: at 26-01-2023 03:58 PM (2 years ago) | Newbie
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- Jiiitk4 at 26-01-2023 04:44 PM (2 years ago)
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Arrest  Tinubu  first
Posted: at 26-01-2023 04:44 PM (2 years ago) | Gistmaniac
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- kp45 at 26-01-2023 07:21 PM (2 years ago)
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Time will tell.
Posted: at 26-01-2023 07:21 PM (2 years ago) | Addicted Hero
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- gogoman at 26-01-2023 11:42 PM (2 years ago)
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Quote from: Jiiitk4 on 26-01-2023 04:44 PM
Arrest  Tinubu  first



tinubu no dey government for now!!!
Posted: at 26-01-2023 11:42 PM (2 years ago) | Grande Master
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