Senate commends Buhari for suspending SGFThe Senate has commended President Muhammadu Buhari for suspending
David Babachir Lawal the Secretary to the Government of the
Federation (SGF) over corruption allegations.
The upper legislative chamber hailed the Buhari for the courage in
taking the bull by the horn, describing it as a welcome development.
Shehu Sani, Chairman, Senate Ad-hoc Committee on Mounting Humanitarian
Crisis in the North East stated this on Wednesday while reacting to
the suspension of the SGF, Lawal by the President.
He said the Senate and the committee have nothing against the SGF,
stressing that they were carrying out their constitutional duties.
“We received the report of President Muhammadu Buhari’s action on the
Senate Commitee report on the humanitarian crisis in the North East
investigation into the activities of the Presidential Initiative on
the North East.
“It’s commendable that the President has taken the Senate Commitee
report and recommendations seriously.
“The sword of truth is not just casted and sharpened for the neck of
foes but also for those of friends. Moral gallows is not just meant
for a belligerent foe but for a perfidious friend.
“Courage is dispensing justice,greater courage is dispensing justice
against our emotions and temptation towards saving a friend.
“It’s easier to annihilate an adversary for a heap wrong than
reprimand a friend for a mountain of wrong.
“It’s commendable for the President to heed the call to fumigate the
throne of lice and bugs with the same ability he goes after rodents
afar.
“The Senate and the Commitee have nothing personal against the SGF or
any person affected,but we simply did our job in conformity with our
constitutional responsibilities and the moral calling of our
conscience.
“We cannot jubilate because a mighty mortal is caught in the trap of
his fate,we are neither saints nor Angels, but we have a duty to raise
a card a blow the whistle,” the statement reads.
But in a letter to the Senate President in January this year,
President Buhari cleared the SGF, saying he was not given fair hearing
before the indictment
