The Reformed All Progressives Congress has raised the alarm that the All Progressives Congress has not dropped the plot to impeach the President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, and his deputy, Dr. Ike Ekweremadu.
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Former Abia governor, Dr Orji Kalu, says Nigeria should adopt unicameral legislature as the present arrangement is economically wasteful.
In a statement issued by its National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan on Friday in Abuja, the party advised the Presidency and the APC to “accept the reality’’.
In an article by Senator Babafemi Ojudu, the Political Adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari in the Office of the Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, the Presidency insinuated and said Saraki had been working with the likes of retired General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida, the Nigeria Police, Department of State Services and Economic and Financial Crimes Commission
He told News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja on Friday that rather than professionalism, the incident demonstrated partisanship and abuse of power by Department of State Service.
They raised the alarm during a solidarity visit to Saraki, in Abuja on Thursday in connection to blockade of the National Assembly by security operatives on Tuesday.
Idris said this in his preliminary report to the Acting President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, on the invasion and blockade of the National Assembly by operatives of the DSS, acting under instructions from Daura
The delegation made its position on the development known on Thursday in Abuja through its Press Officer, Modestus Chukwulaka.
The Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof. Yakubu Mahmood, has assured that the National Assembly may consider the 2019 General Elections Budget of N242 billion for passage next week.
Yakubu made this known in an interview with newsmen after an executive session with the leadership of the National Assembly on Wednesday in Abuja
The President General of the Ohanaeze, Chief John Nnia Nwodo, said the Acting President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, was right in describing the act as a breach of national security, but said all the characters who participated in the act either directly or indirectly should face the law to act as a deterrent to overzealous security operatives
Speaker of House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, has said that the Legislature is committed to ensuring that Nigeria gets credible elections in 2019.
National Chairman of the party, Chief Peter Ameh, stated this on Wednesday in Abuja.
The National Secretary of NUJ, Shuaibu Leman, in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja, described the action as “primitive, reckless and a clear sabotage of the nation’s democratic process”.
But he warned the plotters to drop their sinister move because it is not “possible for a lizard to wrestle an antelope”.
Saraki said this while fielding questions from journalists at a news conference in Abuja on Wednesday.
Kola Ajayi, IPAC Chairman in Lagos, gave the advice in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria.
The Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, has enjoined the Federal Government to desist from the reckless and reckless deployment of military force.
The close door meeting, which was ongoing at press time, began at about 1:45pm.
1. It is a matter of record that yesterday, lawmakers and staff of the National Assembly were prevented…