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Buhari’s requests come a day after the National Judicial Council (NJC) held an Emergency Meeting to recommend to the President, the appointment of Justice Muhammad, as the substantive Chief Justice of Nigeria.
Just as Nigerians are still battling to deal with the early retirement of Justice Waler Onneghen, president Muhammadu Buhari has forwarded the name of the acting Chief Justice of Nigeria, Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad, to the Senate for approval as the substantive CJN.
The President’s request was sent in a letter to the Senate on Thursday.
The President, according to reports, sent second letter, seeking the approval for the appointment of 15 special advisers.
Buhari’s requests come a day after the National Judicial Council (NJC) held an Emergency Meeting to recommend to the President, the appointment of Justice Muhammad, as the substantive Chief Justice of Nigeria.
The National Judicial Council, on their part, had also recommended eight other persons as Heads of Court.
Following a meeting which was initially presided over by Justice Umaru Abdullahi, CON, the NJC said it considered and approved the recommendation of its Interview Committee that screened the two candidates presented by the Federal Judicial Service Commission to it for appointment as Chief Justice of Nigeria.
Meanwhile, In bid to enhance democratic culture, fight insecurity and all have you missing withing Nigerians, President Muhammadu Buhari, on Thursday, called on Lawmakers to cultivate neighbourliness to help reach Nigeria’s primary goals.
While addressing the Legislatures during a dinner in Abuja, the President said “cultivating neighbourliness’’ on individual and national level will deepen the values of democracy and speed up development process by saving the cost of delays and repairs.
This was contained in a statement availed by Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, said an effective working relationship with the legislative arm of government will easily translate into more gains for Nigerians, noting that “it pays to maintain neighbourliness’’.
Buhari, who hosted the lawmakers for a dinner said he was pleased with the voting pattern of principal leaders of the National Assembly, which showed a lot of maturity and patriotism, and also signalled to all Nigerians that love for the nation supersedes party affiliations.
In his words: “I was very pleased that people expressed their desires at the National Assembly across party lines. Neighbourliness is very important.
“It makes sense to cultivate neighbourliness on individual and national level. If you cultivate good relationship with your neighbour, you will save a lot emotionally and materially,’’ he said.
The APC leader also stated that Nigeria had benefitted a lot by maintaining a good relationship with neighbours like Cameroon and Benin Republic, pointing out that the fight against Boko Haram had been jointly carried out with neighbouring countries, while Nigeria’s drive for food security had been discussed with neighbouring countries to cut smuggling.
The President urged the legislature to stop comparing Nigeria’s democracy with more developed countries as every country had its peculiarities and the historical growth patterns had been different, with the developed countries practicing liberal democracy for longer years.
“Along the line of development, we are a developing country. We have different experiences. The President added.
While responding to the President, the 9th Senate President, Ahmed Ibrahim Lawan assured the President that the legislature was ready to work with the executive to provide solutions to the challenges facing the nation.
Hefurther said that the 9th National Assembly was different in “attitude, composition and patriotism’’ and will ensure good “collaboration, partnership and synergy’’ on national issues.
Also responding to the president’s address was the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila, said elections of principal officers in the National Assembly were transparent, assuring that the National Assembly will work with President Buhari to improve the lives of constituents.
