PDP senators kick as Buhari fails to submit list of ministers
September 30, 2015 at 1:34 pm in News
…We may received list before 12 midnight–APC senators begged
By Henry Umoru & Joseph Erunke
ABUJA–PRESIDENT Muhammed Buhari failed to meet up with his earlier promise of
submitting list of nominees to the Senate before the end of September. The president
had assured that the list containing the nominees into ministerial offices would be
submitted to the Red Chamber latest by September 30,for onward screening and
possible confirmation.
But the Senate President, Bukola Saraki,who announces correspondences from the
president at the beginning of plenary,before the consideration of any other items in
the day’s business, could not announce any letter from the President
during Tuesday’s session, indicating that there was no such list at his disposal.
The development prompted the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP senators, through the
Minority Leader, Godswill Akpabio, to seek clarification. Akpabio, PDP, Akwa Ibom
North West, raised a point of order, under matter of urgent importance, to find out
why the Senate President had not announced the president’s letter containing
ministerial nominees.
Akpabio,who noted that the nation’s newspapers in the last couple of weeks, have
been awashed with stories of ministerial appointments by the president, asked the
Senate President why he received the list from President Buhari and was hiding it
from his colleagues.
As Saraki attempted to answer Akpabio’s question, Deputy Senate Leader, Ibn Bala
Na’Allah, APC, Kebbi South, raised another point of order, where he explained that
the day was still young, saying since the day’s session ends by 12:30pm, there was
still the hope that the president would transmit the list of ministerial nominees to the
Upper Chamber before the close of the session.
He also said since the day ends by 12 midnight, there was still hope that the list
could come before the time. But the Senate President, who was thrown the question,
could not provide answer, as he over-ruled Senator Akpabio, asking that the next
item in the day’s agenda be introduced.
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