The upper legislative chamber was in a rowdee session today as lawmakers disagreed over the screening of Festus Keyamo as a ministerial nominee.
Some of the lawmakers aired their grievances over the refusal of Keyamo, who was the Minister of State for Labour and Employment in the President Muhammadu Buhari administration, to honour invites by various committees in the 9th Senate and 9th House of Representatives.
Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe called on Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, to suspend Keyamo’s screening until he acknowledges to the Red Chambers that they have the power to summon and question any Minister and his/her Ministry.
When put to a voice vote, the Senate could not decide on the next action to take, which led to a rowdy Session.
There were also questions about the disbursement of over N50 billion when he was Minister of State for the Niger Delta.
Unable to answer most of the questions, when the tension doused a bit, Senate Leader Opeyemi Bamidele called for the extension of the Senate sitting time and for the upper legislative Chambers to move into a closed-door session.
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