DSS didn’t inform NASS of Pantami’s extremist views during ministerial screening –Rep

The Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Navy, Yusuf Gagdi has announced that the Department of State Services did not call the attention of the National Assembly on the past teachings and extremist views of the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami, during his ministerial screening in 2019.

Gagdi, a member of the House representing Pankshin, Kanke and Kanam Federal Constituency in Plateau State, while speaking on Monday said he was amongst those who screened Pantami in 2019.

The lawmaker was reacting to a claim by a former Assistant Director with the DSS, Dennis Amachree, that the secret police screened Pantami before his confirmation as a minister in 2019 but the minister sailed through National Assembly screening by federal character balancing.

Gagadi who berated Nigerians for speaking against the minister and calling for his removal said they had the opportunity to stop his nomination when his screening exercise was being conducted but kept mute about it