Acting CJN Ariwoola faces Senate screening Wednesday

The Senate says it will screen the Acting Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, on Wednesday.

The Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, made the disclosure while delivering his opening remarks at the resumption of plenary on Tuesday.

Lawan said the Senate would also receive the 2023 budget estimates from President Muhammadu Buhari in October.

“Distinguished Colleagues in the next three months our focus will largely be on the confirmation of the Chief Justice of Nigeria, work on Medium Term Expenditure Framework / Fiscal Strategic Paper (MTEF/FSP) 2023–2025, Budget 2023, working to support our defense and security forces, amongst others.

“The Acting Chief Justice of Nigeria will be screened on Wednesday.

“Also, we are expecting Mr President Commander–in–Chief of the Armed Forces to present the Budget estimates in the first week of October,” Lawan said.

He further commended the sense of duty and patriotism of lawmakers for engaging with MDAs while the Senate was on recess.

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“In the last three years, we are prepared to make the remaining period very productive and successful.

“No doubt that the Ninth Senate has performed creditably and will end very well.

“We scored so many feats and broke many jinxes through various legislative interventions, I must commend all of us for the commitment, dedication and patriotism and sense of duty,” the Senate President stated.

Lawan said the engagement of Senate on the security situation before the recess had resulted in an improvement in the security situation in the country.

He said: “Distinguished colleagues, just before we embarked on our recess the Senate showed serious concerns on the security situation in the country.

“We had intimate discussions on the security challenges across the country. Consequently, the Leadership of the senate had two engagements with the Office of the National Security Adviser, Chief of Defense Staff, Service Chiefs, Inspector-General of Police.

“The Director-General of Department of State Services, Director General of Nigerian Intelligence Agency and other heads of other security agencies to ensure that our defense and Security Agencies improve on their operational strategies to secure citizens and indeed our country.

“From the assessment of the prevailing situation our security agencies are recording more successes and the situation seems to be improving.”

Lawan added that the Senate would continue to engage with the defence and security agencies through its appropriate committees, to ensure that the engagements are sustained.

The Star