- Safiu Kehinde
The Senate has called for the removal of the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC), Husaini Magaji, over his repeated failure to honour invitations to appear before lawmakers.
The lawmakers made the call during a meeting between President Bola Tinubu’s economic team and the Senate Committee on Finance on Thursday.
According to reports, the committee had expressed their displeasure over the absence of the CAC boss during the introduction of agency heads at the start of the session.
Following the session, Senator Uzor Kalu angrily moved a motion calling for the immediate removal of the Registrar-General over what he described as persistent refusal to honour invitations from the finance committee.
“Since I came to the Senate, he has always given excuses that he is in the Villa.” Kalu said.
Supporting the motion, Senator Adams Oshiomhole proposed that the Senate take further steps by withholding approval of the CAC’s 2026 budget.
resolution was adopted after a motion was raised by Senator Orji Uzor Kalu when the President’s economic team appeared before the Senate Committee on Finance.
However, the committee jointly came to a resolution and adopted the motion for the removal of Magaji from his role.
Meanwhile, the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Finance, Senator Sani Musa, also raised concerns about unresolved issues surrounding the reconciliation of the commission’s revenues.
He noted that the agency head had repeatedly failed to appear to address the matters.