{"id":48710,"date":"2016-04-22T13:04:00","date_gmt":"2016-04-22T12:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=48710"},"modified":"2016-04-22T13:04:00","modified_gmt":"2016-04-22T12:04:00","slug":"saraki-rejects-new-clerk-national-assembly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/saraki-rejects-new-clerk-national-assembly\/","title":{"rendered":"Saraki rejects new Clerk to the National Assembly"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Embattled \u00a0Senate, Bukola Saraki, has rejected the appointment of Mohammed Sani-Omolori as the new Clerk to the National Assembly, CNA.<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div>In a letter dated April 21 by his Chief of Staff, Isa Galadu, the senate president said the appointment did not follow due process.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>He argued that the Commission should have first considered Ben Efeturi, who is currently the deputy clerk to the National Assembly, for the position to replace Salisu Maikasuwa, who is proceeding on pre-retirement leave this month.<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<div>Sani-Omolori was named the acting Clerk to the National Assembly on Wednesday in a letter by the Executive Chairman of the NASC. He was until his appointment the Clerk of the House of Representatives.<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>The letter said, \u201cThe President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives were informed that Mr. Efeturi was not considered for the appointment because he was not duly appointed as Deputy Clerk of the National Assembly.<br \/>\n\u201cOn further enquiry, we found he was duly appointed by the National Assembly Service Commission vide Extract from Minutes of its 403rd Meeting held on Friday, 21st November, 2014.<br \/>\n\u201cFrom the foregoing, you have misled and misinformed the President of the Senate and Speaker of the House of Representatives.<br \/>\n\u201cConsequently, I am directed by His Excellency, the Senate President, to inform you that the letter appointing Mr Sani Omolori as Acting Clerk of the National Assembly, be withdrawn immediately for further consultations.\u201d<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Embattled \u00a0Senate, Bukola Saraki, has rejected the appointment of Mohammed Sani-Omolori as the new Clerk to the National Assembly, CNA. \u00a0 In a letter dated April 21 by his Chief&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":42118,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-48710","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-exclusive"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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