Reps threatens to prosecute NIMASA DG over failure to appear

By Christiana Ekpa

The House of Representatives Committee on Federal Character on Wednesday summoned the Director General, Nigeria Maritime Administration and Safety agency ( NIMASA), Dayo Mobereola.
This followed the failure of the DG to appear before the Committee for an investigative hearing after being duly invited.
The chairman of the Committee Idris Wase, who expressed displeasure over his absence at the hearing at the National Assembly Complex, rejected Mobereola’s representative.
Mobereola had sent the Director of Administration of Human Resources, Mr. Osembi Osigche to represent him before the Committee.
Wase said the DG had not shown regard for the Committee and demanded that the DG must appear in person before the committee on the 30th of July 2024.
“This is considered provision in the 1999 Constitution, as amended, and I take you straight to 8-1, it says, in the 3rd Schedule, in giving effect to Section 14, 3-D and 4-D, a portion I just address to you of this Constitution, the Committee shall have the power to Walk out an executive subject to the approval of the National Assembly for the prosecution of all cadres of force in the public service of the Federation and of the State.
“The unconstitutional operation of the Nigerian police force and other government agencies, government companies and persons of the State promote, monitor, and enforce compliance with the principles of the provision of all bureaucratic, economic, media, and political forces at all levels of government to take such legal measures, including the prosecution of the head or staff of any misdeed or government body or agency which failed to comply with any federal character, principle, or formula prescribed or attempted by the Commission.”