But for President Muhammadu
Buhari’s intervention, the Senate was ready to boot out Colonel Hameed
Ali (rtd), the comptroller-general of customs.
The
president, it was learnt, had further threatened to sacrifice any of
his appointee who attempts to cause a friction between him and the
National Assembly.
Hameed Ali reportedly ran to Saraki after Buhari's intervention
Vanguard
reports that Buhari warned his appointees not to overheat the polity by
creating avoidable friction between the executive and the legislature
arms of government.
Ali later met with
Saraki late Tuesday, March 14 after the latter had earlier written to
the Senate that he would not be present at the Wednesday session to
answer questions from the lawmakers.
At the time of this report, however, it was not known if Ali would now honour the invitation by the Senate.
The
report said the meeting between Buhari, Senate President Bukola Saraki
and Speaker Yakubu Dogara was called at the instance of the former who
pleaded with the lawmakers and tried to see how to resolve the looming
crisis.
According to the report,
President Buhari was not comfortable with the language of some of his
appointees and he particularly told the customs boss that whoever loves
him will not at this point in time orchestrate any scuttle between the
executive and the legislature.
This was why, sensing the danger
from Buhari, Ali ran to Saraki and reportedly regretted not honouring
the Senate’s invitation, saying he was bereaved.
Ali
was summoned over a new policy that wants owners of cars in Nigeria to
have custom duties and the senators wanted him to appear in the official
uniform of the Nigerian Customs Service which he had never worn since
taking up the appointment to head the parastatal.
Senate spokesperson, Abdullahi Sabi, had said: “The subject matter for which we are summoning is not dire but critical to Nigerians.
“We stand by the Nigerian people. The primary purpose of government is the welfare and security of Nigerians.
“Any
policy that infringes on the welfare and security of Nigerians is not a
policy. The Nigerian Customs is being run in a way that Nigerians will
pay for their inefficiencies.
“You
have done everything to buy a vehicle to give comfort to your family
and somebody comes and tells you this – where is your customs duty?
“This is why the Senate is not in support of the policy. It’s anti-people.”
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