81 senators pass vote of confidence on Saraki, Ekweremadu
Category: Nigerian National News
The Senate on Tuesday reconvened from its three-week break and passed
a vote of confidence on its embattled Senate President, Bukola Saraki,
his deputy, Ike Ekweremadu and other principal officers of the upper
house.
The principal officers are the Majority Leader, Ali Ndume; Deputy
Majority Leader, Bala Na’Allah; Chief Whip, Olusola Adeyeye and Deputy
Chief Whip, Francis Aimikhena.
The vote of confidence came via a motion sponsored by Senator Samuel Anyanwu (Imo East) and 80 other senators.
The Senate comprises of 109 senators though the seat of the Borno Central Senatorial District is yet to be filled.
The motion was apparently in response to last week’s invitation of Mr.
Saraki’s wife, Toyin, by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission
over corruption charges.
Senators loyal to the senate president had questioned the invitation and
linked it with the leadership crisis in the upper house.
Besides, Mr. Ekeremadu, a member of the Peoples Democratic Party and the
Clerk of the National Assembly, Salisu Maikasuwa, were quizzed by the
police over alleged forgery of the Senate rules on June 9 when the
senate president and his deputy were elected.
Mr. Saraki was elected unopposed by 57 senators, comprising mostly PDP members.
In the motion, Mr. Anyanwu noted with dismay the continued harassment of
the Senate and senators, the National Assembly Management and spouses
of senators by security agencies of government.
He said the Senate is determined to perform its constitutional duties and responsibilities without fear of favour.
He also said it is further determined to focus on matters of urgent
matters of interest and importance to the ordinary people of Nigeria in
view of the enormous challenges facing the nation.
Mr. Anyanwu also noted what he called the sustained interference in the
internal affairs of the Senate by detractors and media propaganda
against the Senate and senators by “selfish politicians”.
He therefore urged his colleagues to pass a vote of confidence on Messrs Saraki and Ekweremadu and the entire leadership.
The senators also called “on the Nigerian Police Force and other
security agencies in Nigeria not to allow themselves to be used by any
person or persons to harass, intimate or blackmail the Senate, senators
and or their spouses”.
The motion was adopted by all the senators present at the session.
Source: Premium Times
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