Nigeria Senate on Tuesday said the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Chairmanship nominee, Abdulrasheed Bawa will be screened at plenary.
Senate took the resolution after the executive’s communication on the nomination of Bawa was announced by the Senate President, Dr. Ahmad Ibrahim Lawan.
President Muhammadu Buhari had nominated Abdulrasheed Bawa as substantive Chairman of the EFCC and asked the leadership of the National Assembly to confirm the appointment.
The development is a departure from the past, where nominees of President Buhari would first pass through Senate Committee scrutiny before a revert report is turned in for consideration by Committee of the whole.
The Senate President said screening will hold at the plenary in line with the tradition of the Senate.
He said: “The screening of the Chairman of EFCC will be done in the plenary in keeping with our tradition.”