The decision was reached at plenary on Wednesday
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The senator was arrested in the Senate Wing of the National Assembly at 1:57pm
No attempt was made to stop the Jeep as the occupants fled with the mace
The approval followed a motion by the Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu and 49 others.
In the letter for the request signed by HEDA’s Chairman, Olanrewaju Suraju, the Resource Center expressed serious concern over the recently revealed illegal allowances paid to members of parliament, especially the Senators.
Saraki, according to a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Sanni Onogu, in Abuja stated this during a visit by the National Union of Local Government Employees, led by its National President, Comrade Ibrahim Khalil.
The party said President Buhari left the country on Monday for London and arrived his destination same day, adding that it is instructive to note that he has not conducted a single business of government 72 hours after his arrival.
However, politicians and policymakers misunderstood their patience for cowardice. A huge reawakening is gaining momentum. Citizens are waking up to their rights and privileges, and the realisation that their continuous absence from politics won’t give them the good governance they seek. There are others who have gotten so used to the evils of yesterday that everything they see or will see today and tomorrow will still be of the same prism.
The upper chamber made reinforced the resolution in a valedictory session for Senator Mustapha Bukar who died on April 4.
He stated this when he hosted a delegation of Conference of Nigeria Female Parliamentarians at the National Assembly, Abuja.
Spokesman of the House, Hon. Abdulrasak Namdas, gave the advice in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria on Wednesday in Abuja.
The National Assembly had threatened to override President Buhari following his refusal to sign the Electoral Act Amendment Bill, which listed the presidential election as the last during general elections.
Enang, who is the Senior Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly matters (Senate), stated this when he addressed State House correspondents on the controversy surrounding the approval of the security fund by the president.
The groups thus urged President Muhammed Buhari not to sign the Petroleum Industry Governance Bill as passed by the National Assembly until the grey areas were addressed.
The group in a statement issued signed by its Chairman, Abdullahi Al-Mustapha, also demanded for the running costs of Ministers and heads of government agencies.
The PDP urged the National Assembly to commence appropriate constitutional legislative actions against the government for unilaterally approving the release of the fund without allowing application of legislative instrument.
The party also urged the National Assembly to commence appropriate constitutional legislative actions against President Buhari for gross misconduct in unilaterally approving the release of the fund without allowing for the application of legislative instrument.
The only objective the so-called Hate speech legislation being remotely sponsored by the Presidency is to further strengthen the growing dictatorship and cruel tyranny of the Buhari administration. The Military Constitution, which was forced down our throats by the Abdulsalami Abubakar junta already has built-in mechanisms for unprecedented dictatorship and over centralization of the government at the centre that will now go for the kill in the hands of an unrepentant dictator of power hungry Buhari.
The National Publicity Secretary of the party, Kola Ologbondiyan, gave the warning in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja.
Dr Peter Ozo-Eson, NLC General Secretary, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Thursday in Abuja.