Senate Withdraws Call for Tinubu to Remove CAC Registrar-General, Hussaini Magaji

The Senate has reversed its earlier resolution urging President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to dismiss the Registrar-General of the Corporate Affairs Commission, Hussaini Magaji (SAN), over his failure to appear before the Senate Committee on Finance to defend the Commission’s 2025 budget implementation and its 2026 budget proposal.

The decision followed Magaji’s appearance before the Committee on Monday, after previously ignoring several invitations and facing threats of removal last Thursday.

At the hearing, Chairman of the Committee, Sani Musa, reminded the Registrar-General and his management team that the investigation of ministries and government agencies is a constitutional duty of the National Assembly. He noted that Magaji’s repeated failure to honour invitations amounted to a breach of constitutional provisions.
According to him, the Committee had earlier resolved to forward a memo to the Presidency recommending the Registrar-General’s removal from office.
In his response, Magaji apologised to the Committee, explaining that his absence was unavoidable due to an official trip to Lagos. He maintained that missing last week’s session was not intentional.
“Mr. Chairman and distinguished members of the Committee, I have great respect for this Committee, and my absence was due to circumstances beyond my control.
“I sincerely apologise for failing to respond to the summons. I was returning from Lagos and realised it was too late to meet up with the Senate’s invitation.
“There has also been a communication gap between my office and the National Assembly, which we are working to resolve,” he said.
Senator Diket Plang appealed to the Committee to grant the Registrar-General another opportunity, expressing confidence that he would make the necessary corrections.
Similarly, former Senate Leader Yahaya Abdullahi supported the call for leniency but cautioned that failure to honour legislative summons should not recur.
Following a motion moved by Senator Isah Jibrin and seconded by Ned Nwoko, the Committee unanimously accepted Magaji’s apology, effectively rescinding its earlier recommendation for his removal.