The senate has amended its standing rule to prevent first-time senators from contesting the top-most positions in the red chamber.
At the plenary on Tuesday, the upper legislative chamber
adjusted its standing rules after Opeyemi Bamidele, majority leader, sponsored
a motion.
The motion, seconded by Simon Mwadkwon, deputy senate
majority leader, received the support of all the senators when Senate President
Godswill Akpabio put it to a voice vote.
Akpabio defeated Abdulaziz Yari, a former governor of Zamfara state, to become the senate president of the 10th national assembly.
Yari, though a former member of the house of
representatives, sought the number three position as a first-timer.
The senate also amended its rules to create nine additional
standing committees.
The upper legislative chamber created the committee on
atomic and nuclear energy which would oversee the Nigeria Nuclear Energy
Regulatory Commission and Nigeria Atomic Energy Commission.
The senate also split the committee on federal capital
territory (FCT) into two, panels on FCT and FCT area councils.
The sports committee was also broken into sports development
and youth and community engagements.
According to the motion, "the committee on Solid
mineral development shall oversee Federal Ministry of Solid Mineral
Development, Nigerian Geological Survey Agency, Mining Cadastre Office and
Council of Nigerian Mining Engineers and Geoscientist, Nigerian Metallurgical
Training Institute, Solid Minerals Development Fund, Nigeria Institute of
Mining and Geoscience, National Metallurgical Development Centre, exploration
of minerals extraction and quarry, geological survey and minerals investigation
as well as explosives".
"The committee on Mines and Steel Development shall
oversee the Federal Ministry of Mines and Steel Development, Aluminum Smelting
Company of Nigeria, Ajaokuta Steel Development Company, National Iron Ore
Mining Company, National Steel Raw Material Exploration Agency and their
budgets."
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