The Senate on Thursday called on President Bola Tinubu to sack the Registrar-General of the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC), Hussaini Magaji, for repeatedly refusing to appear before the Senate Committee on Finance.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the lawmakers made the call during the Ministry of Finance Budget defence.
It also served as an interactive session with the economic team in Abuja.
NAN also reports that Senator Orji Kalu (Abia North) moved the motion for the registrar-generalās summon and the call for termination of his appointment, while it was seconded by Senator Adams Oshiomhole (Edo North).
Kalu said: āSince I came to this Senate, he has consistently failed to appear before this committee when invited.
āHe is fond of sending junior officers to represent him as if he is above the law.Ā Ā
āThis can no longer continue.ā
Oshiomhole, while seconding the motion, added that the National Assembly would not appropriate funds for the commission in the 2026 budget.
The Chairman of the Senate Committee on Finance, Senator Sani Musa (Niger East), also said it was unacceptable for any head of MDAs to refuse to honour legislative summons.
Musa said: āI must address institutional responsibility.Ā
āThe Senate Committee on Finance exercises constitutional authority to oversight MDAs
āIt is, therefore, unacceptable that some MDAs delay submissions or ignore legislative inquiries or refuse to honour invitations.
āOversight is not an optional courtesy.
āIt is a constitutional requirement.ā
Musa warned that the committee would not hesitate to invoke its full constitutional powers to ensure compliance and accountability.
