Presidency clarifies limits, powers of NCC eNCA
"On one hand we hear that it's an advisory body, but in previous addresses, we've heard that it's a decision-making body.
"The problem is, as it appears to us, is that there is a citizenry of 60 million people that is possibly on the information we've got, subject to the whims of 19 ministers who are exercising powers that are unchecked," Richards said.Richards said the ambiguity around the NCCC makes it practically difficult for Parliament to exercise an oversight role.
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