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An oversight duty by Nigerian senators at the Customs headquarters on Monday sparked another confrontation between them and Comptroller General (CG) Colonel Hameed Ali (retd.).
The drama yesterday was triggered by remarks made by the Chairman ad- hoc committee on “Economic Waste in the Nigerian Customs Service”, Senator Dino Melaye, over the manner in which the Senate delegation was received at the Customs Abuja headquarters.
Melaye noted that Col. Ali, by way of protocol, should have come down from his office to welcome the committee members into the premises.
“Mr CG, rather than meeting us here at the conference room by way of courtesy, you are supposed to have met us at the ground floor on arrival into the premises.
To which Ali replied:
"I don’t need to come downstairs to receive you just as nobody in the Senate or House of Representatives has ever come out to receive us anytime we visit the National Assembly."
The drama yesterday was triggered by remarks made by the Chairman ad- hoc committee on “Economic Waste in the Nigerian Customs Service”, Senator Dino Melaye, over the manner in which the Senate delegation was received at the Customs Abuja headquarters.
Melaye noted that Col. Ali, by way of protocol, should have come down from his office to welcome the committee members into the premises.
“Mr CG, rather than meeting us here at the conference room by way of courtesy, you are supposed to have met us at the ground floor on arrival into the premises.
To which Ali replied:
"I don’t need to come downstairs to receive you just as nobody in the Senate or House of Representatives has ever come out to receive us anytime we visit the National Assembly."
