Article 89 contains expressed terms that authorize the Legislature to create autonomous agencies it deemed necessary for the effective operation of Government. Because Articles 50, 54, and 56 are not controlling constitutional provisions for the appointment of tenure officers at autonomous agencies created by the Legislature, I find them totally irrelevant to dissert in detail. The Acts creating those autonomous agencies gave the President authorization to appoint tenure officers, not Article 54 of the Constitution. The Court has authority to render judgment in cases that involve autonomous agencies. Tenure appointees at autonomous agencies are not article 56 appointees, but statutory appointees pursuant to article 89 of the constitution.

Source: Front Page Africa March 02, 2018 01:30 UTC