Lawyers ask Buhari to void Jonathan's latest appointments

                           
Since he lost the 2015 Presidential election, President Goodluck Jonathan, has embarked on a last-minute rush to remove and replace heads of strategic government departments and agencies. This action has continued to generate controversies among Nigerians, many of whom are expressing mixed reactions on the development.
An Abuja based Lawyer, Barrister Ogugua Ojeh, when asked if the president has the requisite powers to hire and fire in the twilight of his administration, said “in the constitution, through the relevant acts surrounding most of these government agencies, the president has the powers to appoint and dismiss whoever he pleases in as much as it is in accordance with the provisions of the law”.
Ojeh also said that in a situation where the appointee feels he has been wrongfully dismissed, he or she should go to the Court. On whether the incoming administration can reverse these appointments, he said that the new administration can only do that as a fresh appointment based on the merits of each case since each appointment has its own set of rules governing the appointment and dismissal.
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