The Senate has asked President Bola Tinubu to remove the Registrar General of the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC), Hussaini Ishaq Magaji, SAN, from his office.
The Senate Committee on Finance, while passing a resolution in Abuja on Thursday, accused Magaji of failing to honor the Senate’s invitations to account for the finances of his agency.
This resolution was adopted after a motion was raised by Senator Orji Uzor Kalu when the President’s economic team appeared before the Senate Committee on Finance.
During the introduction of agency heads at the start of the session, which began on a strained note, lawmakers expressed displeasure over the absence of the CAC boss, who had been invited to give an account of the commission’s activities.
Senator Uzor Kalu angrily moved a motion calling for the immediate removal of the Registrar-General, citing what he described as a persistent refusal to honour invitations from the finance committee.
“Since I came to the Senate, he has always given excuses that he is in the Villa.”
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The Chairman of the Senate Committee on Finance, Senator Sani Musa, also raised concerns about unresolved issues surrounding the reconciliation of the commission’s revenues, noting that the agency head had repeatedly failed to appear to address the matters.
“He refused on so many occasions to honour our invitation to appear before this committee.
“We have issues with the reconciliation of the revenue of CAC.
“Each time we invite him, he gives us excuses,” the Chairman of the committee, Senator Sani Musa, said as the committee passed the resolution.