Upper legislative chamber of the National Assembly, today confirmed eight ministerial nominees including former Minister of State for Defence, Senator Musiliu Obanikoro inspite of strong opposition from members of the opposition All Progressives congress (APC).
The Senate at the resumed sitting in the committee of the whole, extended the privilege of, ‘take a bow,’ to Hauwa Lawan, (Jigawa); Kenneth Kobani (Rivers); and Joel IKenya, (Taraba).
The opposition members however shown a very still opposition to the appearance of Obanikoro, a nominee from Lagos state, before the senate.
President of the Senate, Davd Mark did everything to stall all moves by Senators Bukola Saraki, Olugbenga Ashafa, Babajide Omoworare, George Akume, Olubunmi Adetunmbi and Ganiyu Solomon, among others, to resist the clearance of Obanikoro.
Specifically, the angry minority senators made reference to various constitutional and senate points of order to the senate president's attention to the fact that Obanikoro was not eligible to be appointed as a minister on the reason that he had been implicated in some very sensitive issues that touched on serious national interest.
The minority senators also posited that there were some legal actions hanging on the neck of Obanikoro including an originating summons of a Lagos High Court instituted by a Peoples Democratic Party member, Kemi Lawal, which restrained the Senate against confirming Obanikoro as a minister.
However, Mark ruled out the APC senator out of order, insisting that
the purported order of perpetual injunction restraining the chamber from confirming the nominee had not been served on him.
Other nominees confirmed by the upper legislative chamber includes, Senator Patricia Akwashiki (Nasarawa); Prof. Nicholas Akise Ada (Benue); Col. Augustine Akobundu (retd.) (Abia); and Mr. Fidelis Nwankwo (Ebonyi).
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