Rejoinder: Power Of The NASS Under Section 88 And 89 Of Constitution Are At Large– Kunle Edun

Femi Falana that the National Assembly has no right to summon the Inspector General of Police; that he should have been invited. It is not in dispute that the Police Act was passed by the NA and therefore an act that it can have oversight functions over under section 88 of the Constitution. By the express provisions of section section 88(2)(b) of the Constitution, the National Assembly’s oversight functions include the responsibility to “expose corruption, inefficiency or waste in the execution or administration of laws within it’s legislative competence ..” However, since the matter is now sub judice, the IGP having filed an action challenging the summon, it is another opportunity for the courts to develop our legal jurisprudence and constitutionalism.]]>