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    "content": "(i) THAT, the vetting of the nominee for appointment as Inspector -General of Police shall be conducted jointly by the Committees of the two Houses mandated to deal with matters of national security. The vetting process will, therefore, be jointly conducted by the Departmental Committee on Administration and National Security of the National Assembly and the Standing Committee on National Security, Defence and Foreign Relations of the Senate; (ii) THAT, the Chairpersons of the two respective Committees will co-chair the joint sittings and the secretariat will comprise officers of the two Houses; (iii) THAT, the quorum of the joint sittings will be the respective quorums of each of the Committees as stipulated by the respective Standing Orders; (iv) THAT, as contemplated under rule 9(6) of the Joint Rules, unless a decision is reached by consensus, any vote to be taken in the joint sitting of the Committees shall be by separate Houses. This will ensure that the numerical difference of the individual Members representing the Houses in the joint sittings has no effect on the decisions of the joint sittings of the Committees; and, (v) THAT, the Committees shall, having conducted the vetting hearings, submit a joint report to the respective Houses in the manner contemplated by Paragraph (7) of Joint Rule 9. Hon. Members, Section 8(1) of the Public Appointments (Parliamentary Approval) Act, 2011 states, and I quote: \"Unless otherwise provided in any law, a Committee shall consider a nomination and table its report in the relevant House for debate and decision within fourteen days from the date on which the notification of the nomination was given in accordance with Section 5\". Further, Section 9 of the said law states that: \"If after the expiry of the period for consideration specified in Section 8, Parliament has neither approved nor rejected a nomination of a candidate, the candidate shall be deemed to have been approved.\" Hon. Members, in order to facilitate the commencement of the deliberations, the counting of time with respect to the 14 days will commence when the public is notified in the usual manner, preferably on or before Thursday, 21st March 2019. It is also advisable that the concerned Committees expeditiously commence the process of the consideration of approval of the nominee to enable speedy conclusion within the set timelines. The joint committees should, having undertaken the necessary approval hearings, table their report in the Houses by Tuesday, 2nd April 2019. Considering that the House is scheduled to proceed on a short recess on Thursday, 28th March 2019, the period set by the law for approval hearings will lapse while the House is on recess. I will be asking the House Business Committee to propose a way forward with respect to the Calendar of the House to ensure that the process is concluded within the statutory timelines. Hon. Members, this Message therefore, together with the resume of the nominee, stands committed to the Departmental Committee on Administration and National Security of the National Assembly sitting jointly with the Standing Committee on National Security, Defence and Foreign Relations of the Senate for consideration. Thank you, Hon. Members. Next Order! The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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