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Keyamo To Okowa: President Can Delegate VP To Handle  Security

by Adebiyi Adedapo
3 years ago
in Cover Stories, News
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Minister of state for labour and employment, Festus Keyamo, has said the 1999 Constitution allows the president to delegate any function to the vice president or any minister.

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To this end, Keyamo said the constitution doesn’t restrict the vice-president from handling security matters.

Apparently replying to the governor of Delta State and vice-presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Ifeanyi Okowa, who said it would be “absurd” for a vice-president to take charge of the nation’s security.

The vice-presidential candidate of the APC, Kashim Shettima had at the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) conference in Lagos recently, said if his party wins next year’s election, he would focus on security while Bola Tinubu, the APC presidential candidate, would concentrate on the economy.

According to Okowa, security matters are the responsibility of the president as the commander-in-chief who presides over the security council.

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But countering the PDP vice-presidential candidate’s position in a Twitter post on Wednesday, Keyamo via his verified Twitter handle, said since the president can assign any responsibility to his deputy, it will not be absurd for a vice-president to handle security matters.

“I respectfully disagree, your Excellency. Under the 1999 Constitution, the President may assign any responsibility within his purview to either his VP or Ministers,” Keyamo wrote.

“This may include some aspects of security issues too. That is why, for instance, you have a Minister of Defence.

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“It is possible, your Excellency, that in the well-known forward-thinking nature of Bola Tinubu, possible assignment of some responsibilities in this regard have been discussed with his VP-to-be and Shettima just can’t wait to hit the ground running. This is not absurd, sir.

“When Shettima says ‘taking charge’, it’s in the context of discharging responsibilities assigned to him by Bola Tinubu.

“But he will report back to his boss just as your principal Atiku Abubakar was reporting to Obasanjo since he wasn’t in a position to make any final decision,” he said.


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