Senate President, Godswill Akpabio has urged Senators to set aside their differences and focus on legislations that will enhance the living conditions of Nigerians.
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Festus Keyamo, the ministerial nominee for Delta State, on Monday said that he would not disappoint President Bola Tinubu for nominating him.
Senate President, Godswill Akpabio rushed to Presidential Villa over refusal of Senators to screen Delta state ministerial nominee, Festus Keyamo.
Senators from the South East geo-political zone have rejected five ministerial slots to the region in President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s cabinet, demanding additional two more ministerial nominees.
The immediate past Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai Tuesday threw the Senate into a quagmire when the mode of screening him for his ministerial nomination became an issue.
The Peoples Democratic Party and All Progressives Grand Alliance senators issued the threat on Wednesday.
The request for the meeting by Buhari was conveyed in a letter received from the State House
President Muhamnadu Buhari had on Thursday through a statement by his Special Adviser on Media, Femi Adesina, forwarded request for confirmation to the Senate as Ambassadors former Chief of Defence Staff, General Gabriel Olonisakin; former Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Yusuf Tukur Buratai; former Chief of Air Staff, Air Vice Marshall Sadique Abubakar; and former Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ekwe Ibas.
Lamentations to these effects were made by Senators and some stakeholders in the health sector during a Public Hearing session on Bills seeking for establishments of health related institutions and Council and Development Fund organised by the Senate Committee on Health.
This followed the release of several visions that Apostle Paul Okikijesu of Christ Apostolic Miracle Ministry said God gave to him on Sunday.
The Senate on Wednesday held a valedictory session to honour late Senator Benjamin Uwajumogu, who until his death represented Imo North Senatorial District in the National Assembly on the platform of the All Progressives Congress.
The representative of Osun Central Senatorial District, Sola Adeyeye, has revealed that senators earned as high as N20 million as monthly running cost under the leadership of David Mark as the President of the Senate.
Two Dons on Wednesday differed on the expectations from former governors elected as senators to represent their constituents in the Ninth National Assembly.
Again, National Assembly Legislative Aides on Tuesday embarked on peaceful protest to drive home their claims of unpaid allowances.
Chairman, Senate Committee on Navy, Senator Isah Hamma Misau and his counterpart in the Committee on Banking, Finance and Other Financial Insitutions, Senator Rafiu Adebayo Ibrahim have advised the All Progressives Congress) and its leaders to desist from looking for scapegoats for the failure to fulfill their promises to the electorate by constantly blaming Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki.
Two senators, Abdullahi Danbaba and Isa Hama Misau, from Sokoto and Bauchi States, have condemned the statements credited online to their colleague, Adamu Abdullahi (Nasarawa), in which the latter claimed the President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, “merely collated the list of senators he feels are not happy with the APC) and announced them as Defectors”.
The political parties, including the Peoples Democratic Party and Social Democratic Party on Monday signed a Memorandum of Understanding to work together to remove ruling All Progressives Congress from power.
During the consideration of the report on the bill, the Senators who spoke against the bill said the Federal Government’s proposal will further deplete resources to the states and local governments.
The Senators: Gbenga Ashafa (Lagos East), Oluremi Tinubu (Lagos Central) and Solomon Olamilekan (Lagos West), who paid a visit to the Governor at Lagos House, Ikeja, said they were proud of his achievements and the renewed vigour he had brought to bear since he assumed office.
This was even as senators stormed the Abuja Court in solidarity with the embattled senator.