Postponement of ministerial screening ploy to delay Saraki’s trial’

By Nazifi Dawud Khalid, Kano ‘Postponement of ministerial screening ploy to delay Saraki’s trial’ Senate President Bukola Saraki The Network for Justice, a civil society organization, has condemned the postponement of the ministerial screening by the Senate, saying the act smacks of political mischief designed to delay the trial of Senate President Bukola Saraki. The group’s Executive Director, Dr. Abdullahi Bala Gaduwama, made the remark yesterday in a statement in Kano, stressing that the postponement of the exercise was a ploy to shield Saraki from appearing at the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) for the continuation of his trial next week. The activist demanded the immediate resumption of the exercise and warned the Senate against joking with the future of the country. “It is on record that the 7th Senate outrageously passed 40 bills in 40 minutes simply because it served their interest to do so and the 8th Senate is now telling us that they cannot complete the screening of 16 ministerial nominees whose names were released two weeks ago by the President,” Gaduwama stated.