The House of Representatives said on Monday that there was no limit to the number of times the legislature could summon any minister of the Federation to appear before it and answer questions on issues bearing on accountability.
It said the Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke, “or any minister or official of government” could be summoned to answer questions “over 1,000 times” so long as the need arose.
The House was responding to comments made by President Goodluck Jonathan on Sunday night during a media chat, where he said that Alison-Madueke had appeared before the House for more than 200 times.
Jonathan also argued that certain probes by the House appeared to be politicised.