…Concurs with Senate on CCT chairman’s sack

From Ndubuisi Orji, Abuja

The House of Representatives has concurred with the Senate on the sack of Danladi Umar as chairman of the Code of Conduct Tribunal ( CCT) over alleged misconduct.

The House, at yesterday’s plenary, adopted a motion by the House Leader, Julius Ihonvere, praying the chamber to concur with the Senate’s resolution for the sack of Umar.

The Senate had last week resolved to forward an address to President Bola Tinubu, calling for the removal of the CCT boss, in line with the 1999 Constitution as amended.

Ihonvere, in the motion, stated that the CCT, which is saddled with the responsibilities of maintaining a high standard of morality on the conduct of government business is expected to be an “epitome of moral rectitude”.

“However, the official conduct of Mr. Yakubu Danladi Umar,  chairman of the tribunal, has fallen short of the requisite standard of a public officer to conduct the affairs of

such a tribunal.

“Aware of the conduct of the Chairman, Code of Conduct Tribunal, who recently engaged in a public brawl with a security guard at the Banex Plaza Shopping Complex, which necessitated an invitation from the Senate  Committee on Ethics, Code of Conduct, and Public Petitions, and after his first appearance, where he admitted to having been involved in the brawl, he refused to attend subsequent sittings, thereby frustrating the efforts of  the Committee to investigate the allegations against him.

“Also recalls that by virtue of the provisions of section paragraph 17 (3), PT 1, Fifth Schedule of the

Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 (as amended) and section 22(3) of the Code of Conduct Bureau and Tribunal Act Cap C15 LFN 2004, Mr. President and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces is mandated to act on an address supported by a two-thirds majority of the Senate and House of Representatives and prayed that the Chairman be removed for misconduct.

“Affirms that the invocation of the aforementioned constitutional provision in this circumstance seems to be the only way out to safeguard the sacred image of the Code of Conduct Tribunal, in line with the

resolution of the 10th National Assembly to uphold the rule of law and sustain the ideals of corporate governance structure in Nigeria.”