The resolution was reached after a debate at Wednesday’s plenary.
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The post became vacant following the defection of its former occupant, Senator Emmanuel Bwacha (Taraba South) to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) last weekend.
The Senate refused to approve the budget
Wike, who spoke on Sunday at a Thanksgiving Service for the sacked Senator George Sekibo at the St Thomas Anglican Church in Diobu, said Rivers East Senatorial District remains without a senator
The senator, elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, had gone to the Court of Appeal to challenge the ruling of the Rivers State Elections Petitions Tribunal, which removed him from office
He said over a week now since the ruling was delivered, his lawyers were yet to receive a copy of the ruling so as to study and file his appeal
The Senate decision was sequel a motion sponsored by Senator Gorge Sekibo, who expressed dissatisfaction with worsen situation situation of the road
The call followed the adoption of the recommendations in the report of the Senate Committee on Mounting Humanitarian Crisis in the North-East
Ekweremadu ruled that since the House of Representatives had already commenced investigation into the issue, it should be allowed to conclude it first
The protesters, who arrived at the National Assembly gate at about 9am, barricaded the area and disrupted vehicular traffic in and out of the complex
There were strong indications on Monday that a former Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Godswill Akpabio, will emerge as the…
Announcing the result, the returning officer, Dr. Frank Kpakol, declared Sekibo winner by polling 406 votes out of 407 cast by accredited delegates