•Omolori now acting CNA Senate President Bukola Saraki and the National Assembly Service Commission (NASC) have resolved their differences over the appointment of the Clerk to the National Assembly (CNA), as the erstwhile Clerk of the House of Representatives, Mohammed Sani-Omolori assumed office on Thursday. Saraki had kicked against Omolori’s appointment in April, forcing the chairman of the commission, Dr Adamu Fika, to issue a lengthy letter to explain the circumstances. A memo, dated May 12 and endorsed by the outgoing CNA, Alhaji Salisu Maikasuwa, confirmed Omolori as the Acting Clerk to the National Assembly ahead the legislative bureaucracy on Thursday. The statement indicated that Maikasuwa had bowed out of the NASS Bureaucracy after 35 years in service. It was gathered that a meeting between Saraki and Omolori, on Wednesday, brokered the truce, following which the coast was cleared for the announcement of Omolori as the CNA. The memo by outgoing Clerk, Alhaji Salisu Maikasuwa, on Thursday, stated that Omolori would act as CNA till August 14, when he (Maikasuwa) would eventually retire. Chairman of the National Assembly Service Commission, Dr Fika, had, in a letter dated April 20, 2016, appointed Omolori as acting clerk to the National Assembly from May 14 to August 14 2016, the period in which the outgoing clerk, Alhaji Maikasuwa would observe his pre-retirement leave. However, the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, through a letter signed by his Chief of Staff, Senator Isa Galaudu and dated April 21, 2016, kicked against Omolori’s appointment against the incumbent Deputy Clerk to the National Assembly (DCNA), Mr Ben Efeturi. Saraki in the letter, directed Adamu Fika to withdraw Omolori’s appointment letter forthwith and issue a fresh one for Efeturi on the grounds of seniority, which was however not complied with by Adamu Fika who in another letter to Saraki dated April 26th 2016 , explained the circumstances that led to Omolori’s appointment as against Efeturi. This however got the board of the Commission polarized with some commissioners dissociating themselves from the appointment. But the matter was resolved on Wednesday when Saraki was said to have accepted the explanation by the NASC on Omolori. The circular issued on Thursday by the outgoing CNA, Salisu Maikasuwa specifically stated that Omolori would act as CNA as earlier appointed by Adamu Fika. Maikasuwa in the circular titled: “ Commencement of Terminal Leave” said: ‘ I am proceeding on my terminal leave from 14th May , 2016 to 14th August 2016. “ During my absence, , the Acting Clerk to the National Assembly, Alhaji Mohamned A Sani- Omolori will perform my duties, please”. He accordingly copied the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, Deputy Senate President, Deputy Speaker, Senate Leader, House Leader, the Executive Chairman of NASC, the Deputy Clerk to the National Assembly etc, the circular. Omolori who holds a Bachelor of Law degree from the Ahmadu Bello University ( ABU) in 1983 joined the services of the National Assembly in July 1992 as a Legislative Counsel before rising to his current position as Clerk of the House of Representatives and latest appointment as Acting Clerk to the National Assembly.]]>