The Speaker, House of Representatives, FEMI GBAJABIAMILA, has vowed to take up the issue of the refusal of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, GEOFFREY ONYEAMA, to honour the invitation of the lawmakers to brief them on the xenophobic attacks on Nigerians in South Africa.

The apparently angry GBAJABIAMILA, who described the killing of Nigerians as a “nagging problem,” which required urgent and collective efforts of the lawmakers and the executive, expressed displeasure over ONYEAMA’s decision to ignore the House of Representatives’ invitation on the matter.

Referring ministers in President MUHAMMADU BUHARI’s cabinet to the provisions of Section 88 and Section 89, GBAJABIAMILA warned that in the task of nation building in a democratic setting, no minister has the powers to ignore legislative invitation.

President MUHAMMADU BUHARI has formally dissolved the Special Presidential Investigation Panel for the Recovery of Public Property, SPIP as currently constituted with OKOI OBONO-OBLA as Chairman.

The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice has been directed to immediately take over all outstanding investigations and other activities of the SPIP.

The President also said he is awaiting the final Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission, ICPC report on OBONO-OBLA.

The panel was established in August 2017 by Vice President YEMI OSINBAJO, while acting as president, to investigate specifically mandated cases of corruption, abuse of office and similar offences by public officers.