The house of representatives has threatened an impeachement of President Buhari If he fails to constitute a cabinet in 30 days.
The house in plenery today proposed a Bill for a law to compel the President to name his cabinet within a month on assumption of office and for state governors to do the same.
the bill sponsored by Kpam Jimin Sokpo PDP Benue will be debated later and seeks to establish a special fund for the Presidential Transition and Assumption of office Bill 2020.
The Bill Statse in Part thet: Subject to section 147 and 302 of the Constitution, the President shall on the assumption of office, appoint Ministers within 30 days from the date he took the oath of office”,
It also adds that: “The President shall, constitute and appoint all Boards of Government agencies and parastatals that are due for constitution and appointment within two months from the date of his assumption of office”.
The proposed law, however, warns that “where the President fails to comply with the provisions of this section without any justifiable reason, he shall be guilty of a misconduct as provided under section 143(2) (b) of the Constitution”.
Section 143(2) of the constitution, lists what constitutes impeachable offenses against the President.
The instrument seeks to add failure to name a cabinet within 30 days, to the list.
The Bill also provides in its section 8(1) that “There is established the Transition and Assumption of Fund for the administration of the Committee into which shall be paid such sums as shall be appropriated by the National Assembly for the purpose of transition and assumption of office in a Presidential election year”.
The Bill adds that “The President shall apply the funds appropriated by the National Assembly to the cost of establishing and maintaining the office of the Coordinator appointed under this Bill. Payment of allowances and other benefits of the members of the Committee”.
It also states that the office should “pay allowances and other benefits of the members of the Committee, pay the emolument and entitlement of the Coordinator and other members of staff of the Presidential Estates Unit established in this Bill, publicize the activities of the Committee, and undertake any other activity in connection with all or any of the functions of the Committee”.
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