The Senator representing Edo North, Adams Oshiomhole, has demanded the resignation of Senate President Godswill Akpabio.
This comes amid tension over the recent amendment of the
Senate Standing Orders governing the election of presiding and principal
officers in the upper chamber.
Oshiomhole, speaking to reports in Abuja, described the
amended rules as being rooted in what he called a “moral crisis”.
He claimed that Akpabio, under the new framework being
debated, no longer meets the moral and procedural threshold to continue
presiding over the chamber.
Oshiomhole said, “This rule has serious moral crisis.
“The senate president became minority leader on his first
term. He is now the one presiding and asking us to change those rules even
those who have done one term can’t even contest.
“As we speak today, the senate president has not done eight
years in office even if you count the previous one plus the current one.
“So if we pass the rule that we must do eight consecutive
years before you can become senate president, it means he has to leave by
example by vacating because he is presiding without acquiring necessary
qualifications.”
The Nigerian Senate has withdrawn
its amendment to the Senate Standing Orders.
The reversal followed a motion sponsored by Senate Leader
Opeyemi Bamidele and adopted under the supervision of Deputy Senate President
Jubril Barau.
Under the previous rules, only senators who had served two
terms were eligible to contest for principal offices, and one of the two terms
had to be the immediate term preceding the nomination, effectively narrowing
the field of contenders.
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