{"id":7140,"date":"2013-07-26T18:45:03","date_gmt":"2013-07-26T18:45:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/disnaija.com\/nigeria-news\/removal-of-immunity-clause-detrimental-to-governance-gbajabiamila\/"},"modified":"2013-07-26T18:45:03","modified_gmt":"2013-07-26T18:45:03","slug":"removal-of-immunity-clause-detrimental-to-governance-gbajabiamila","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/disnaija.com\/removal-of-immunity-clause-detrimental-to-governance-gbajabiamila\/","title":{"rendered":"Removal of immunity clause detrimental to governance -Gbajabiamila"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fb-like-box\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DisNaija\" data-width=\"292\" data-show-faces=\"false\" data-stream=\"false\" data-header=\"true\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"fb-like\" data-href=\"http:\/\/disnaija.com\" data-send=\"true\" data-width=\"200\" data-show-faces=\"false\" data-action=\"recommend\"><\/div>\n<p><em><strong>By Citizens Platform<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>The immunity clause if removed from the constitution might grind governance to a halt. The minority leader of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, has predicted.<br \/> According to Gbajabiamila, admitting the removal of the immunity clause was done in good faith and demanded by constituents across the country but it was not the way to go because the resultant suits will be distractive for the elected official and that will be detrimental to governance.<br \/> The Lawmaker who did not vote for the immunity clause removal however suggested that laws such as the Act setting up the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), should be amended to make the commission independent and empowered to investigate sitting elected President or governors.<br \/> Adding his voice to ongoing political\u00a0 crises in Rivers state, Gbajabiamila said\u00a0 \u201cif there was no immunity clause, the Governor of Rivers state will today be in court, if for nothing; framed up charges.\u201d<br \/> \u201cThe immunity clause not being absolute, should have remained and accountability will then start after their (trial of Governors and President) term of office\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<br \/> Posted in <a href=\"http:\/\/nigerianews.disnaija.com\/\">Nigeria News. <\/a>A <a href=\"http:\/\/disnaija.com\">DisNaija.Com<\/a> network.<\/p>\n<p>Source:  Citizens Platform<\/p>\n<p><b>DisNaija.Com<\/b> publishes regular posts on <a href=\"http:\/\/nigeria-news.disnaija.com\/\">Nigeria News,<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/nigerian-newspapers.disnaija.com\/\">Nigerian Newspapers,<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/online-nigeria.disnaija.com\/\">Online Nigeria Gist.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Follow us on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Dis_Naija\" rel=\"external nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DisNaija\" rel=\"external nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-like-box\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DisNaija\" data-width=\"292\" data-show-faces=\"false\" data-stream=\"false\" data-header=\"true\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"fb-like\" data-href=\"http:\/\/disnaija.com\" data-send=\"true\" data-width=\"200\" data-show-faces=\"false\" data-action=\"recommend\"><\/div>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/nigerianews.disnaija.com\/citizens-platform\/removal-of-immunity-clause-detrimental-to-governance-gbajabiamila\/\">Nigeria News<\/a><br \/>\n<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Dis_Naija\" class=\"twitter-follow-button\" data-show-count=\"true\" data-size=\"large\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Follow @Dis_Naija<\/a><br \/>\n<script>!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\";fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document,\"script\",\"twitter-wjs\");<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Your Opinion Counts. 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