TAJUDEEN ESQ.
Dear Colleague, so that we could have a respectful discussion,
yes a spade it is; and you know it is not by co-incidence that
Paragraph 17(3) of the Fifth schedule of
the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 says the Chairman or members of the Code of
Conduct Tribunal shall not be removed or appointed by the President except upon an address supported by
two-thirds majority of each house of the national assembly praying that s/he be
removed for inability to discharge the functions of office or for misconduct or
contravention of the code.
Juxtapose it with paragraph 21(b) of the Third
Schedule of the 1999 Constitution which gives NJC the unique role of recommending
to the President the removal of judicial officers (ie Judges) from office in
exercise of NJC’s disciplinary function. In other words NJC has no disciplinary
powers over CCT Chairman or members because they are not judicial officers
under the prescription of the 1999 Constitution. Hence CCT would have no
jurisdiction to assume the role of a court of law. That is it really. What is
more the 1999 Constitution listed “judicial officers” and the draftsperson
clearly excluded CCT: Please see s318, CFRN
Thank you
Attorney Carol Ajie
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