Ekwee David Ethuro

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• 8 Jan 2013 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Chair, I beg to move:- THAT, Clause 5 of the Bill be amended- (a) in sub-clause (2) by; (i) by inserting the following new paragraphs immediately after paragraph (b)- (bb) the Attorney-General or his designated alternate not below the level of Senior State Counsel; (ii) in paragraph (c) by deleting the word “five” and substituting therefor the word “four”; (iii) by deleting the words “sub-section 5” appearing in paragraph (c) and substituting therefor the words “paragraph (ee) and sub-section 5”; (iv) by inserting the following new paragraph immediately after paragraph (c)- (cc) two persons qualified in accordance ... view
• 8 Jan 2013 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Chairlady, she has an amendment. view
• 8 Jan 2013 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Chairlady, the proposed amendment is that as it stands now, we have about 18 members appointed to the Board and so what this particular clause is doing is to establish the composition. We have deleted some of those organizations and we have added a few other people and so the numbers have changed. Then the procedure in which they can also be nominated which was not in the main Bill has been added. Now I have understood; there have been petitions about NGOs and religious organizations. First, we want to allow the composition of the Board to ... view
• 8 Jan 2013 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Chairlady I appreciate that the Minister wants more capacity to do some ethnic arithmetic. We considered this and felt like--- If you look at my amendment on Page 4785, it states thus:- “by inserting the following new paragraphs immediately after paragraph (c)- (cc) two persons qualified in accordance with paragraph (c) appointed by the Cabinet Secretary to remedy any regional imbalance that may have occurred during nomination under subsection (5);” The point is that there will be bodies nominating persons. So, the Cabinet Secretary will take into account regional balance, gender issues and so on. The Cabinet ... view
• 8 Jan 2013 in National Assembly: I do not. view
• 8 Jan 2013 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Chairlady, in fact, I was about to say that, but I did not want to anticipate it. What the Minister is looking at is his own amendment, which will come when we are dealing with the First Schedule. So, he is anticipating debate. For now, the amendment we are carrying is about the fact that there are still bodies which are nominating members to the Board. So, for the purposes of this amendment, my argument should prevail. He has an opportunity when we shall be discussing the First Schedule to see if his argument of dropping the ... view
• 8 Jan 2013 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Chairlady, I reluctantly support this on condition that the Cabinet Secretary will still be subject to the Parliamentary Committee. It is on that basis but the relevant section, Waziri, was Clause 6(2). view
• 8 Jan 2013 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Chairlady, I beg to move:- THAT, Clause 8 of the Bill be amended- (a) by deleting sub-clause (1) and substituting therefor the following new sub- clause- (1) There shall be a chief executive officer of the Board who shall be recruited by the Board on a competitive basis and recommendations made to the Cabinet Secretary for appointment. (b) in sub-clause (2) by deleting the word “ten” appearing in paragraph (b) and substituting therefor the word “five” (c) in sub-clause (4) by deleting the word “three” and substituting therefor the word “five”. This is to set the process ... view
• 8 Jan 2013 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Chairlady, I urge hon. Members to look at both the Bill and the amendment on the Order Paper so that when we are making the proposals, they reflect on those sections of the Bill. If you look at Clause 8(i), you will see that we are talking about the appointment of the Chief Executive Officer. He can still be returned by the Board through the instrument of appointment. However, we are clarifying that by saying that there shall be a Chief Executive Officer who shall be recruited by the Board on a competitive basis and recommended to ... view
• 8 Jan 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you, Madam Temporary Deputy Chairlady. My good friend here who is busy trying to disown his segment actually agrees with me always. If you look at the process of the initial recruitment by the Board, it is not final until it goes to the Cabinet Secretary. So, the Cabinet Secretary in the normal manner will still have to bring that name to the Parliamentary Committee for vetting. So, I do not see any problem with Eng. Gumbo’s amendment since it comes at the very end of the process. Here, we are looking at this side of the process of ... view