The Chairman of the House of Representatives ad hoc committee investigating the controversial Presidential Foreign Investment Promotion Council, Yusuf Gagdi, has again come under fire as the panel prepares to conclude its assignment.
Barring any sudden twist, the committee will conclude its assignment in the next couple of weeks ahead of the presentation of its report to the House in plenary.
On Monday, a member of the House faulted the decision to appoint Gagdi the chairman of the probe panel.
According to him, it was the Plateau lawmaker (Gagdi) who brought a motion on the floor of the House, praying the Green Chamber to investigate the alleged agency.
He said, “Where have you seen this before that the member who brought an issue for investigation will be made the chair of the committee set up to probe the issues raised in that motion? I am not saying it is in our Rules Book, but it is definitely not a convention. This is where I think the Speaker missed it.
