It turns out fundamentally reforming one of the Houses of Parliament brings up quite a few unexpected questions, including Lords» pay and pensions; transitional arrangements;
a statutory appointments commission; the size of the House; etc, etc..
The remaining 90 would be appointed by
a statutory appointments commission.
Not exact matches
«This directive draws it strength with
appointment letter given to you dated 26 August 2009, under reference NDHQ paragraph which reads «You will be subject to the Civil Service Law 1993 (PNDCL327) the Public Service
Commission Act 1994 (Act 482) and any
statutory instruction made there under and other general or department instructions as well as administrative directive for the time being enforce», the letter said.
«That is one of the reasons why we need an
Appointments Commission on a
statutory basis with the powers to curb the unrestricted use of patronage that Prime Ministers currently enjoy.
A
statutory commission, made up of representatives of all three major parties and crossbench peers, is also to be established to select and oversee
appointments to the Lords.
Delivering the ruling, Tsoho said, «The plaintiff raised two issues in the written address for determination, to wit: Whether or not the 1st defendant (Saraki) can reject a valid
statutory appointment made by the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria to the Office (of the Chairman) of the Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission in accordance with the provisions of the EFCC (Establishment) Act, 2004 and whether or not the 1st defendant is bound by the provisions of the EFCC Act, 2004, with respect to the confirmation of any
appointment made by the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria to the office of the Chairman of the EFCC.»
The
appointments will be overseen by two independent selection
commissions convened by the Lord Chancellor under
statutory rules.