The cat was let out of the bag on Wednesday, September 21, when the Chairman, House Committee on Rules and Business, Emmanuel Orker-Jev, moved a motion on breach of his privileges, and that of the House, by the embattled sacked Chairman, House Committee on Appropriations, Abdulmumin Jibrin.
According to Orker-Jev, Honourable Jibrin, having dragged the name of Principal Members of the House in disrupt, by going to the media, and discussing issues of the House without due approval, Jibrin, should be duly suspended.
In reaction, members of the Transparency Group started shouting “No, no, no,”, as this was countered by pro-Dogara group, who shouted “Dogara, Dogara, Dogara,” with green scarves, with the inscription “I stand with Dogara distributed to members of the House.
In a bid to calm nerves, the issue was referred to the House Committee on Privileges and Ethics, for onward consideration and discipline.
Meanwhile, in the Red Chambers, the major debate for the day, was on the economic challenges and possible solutions.
The motion which was moved by Senate Leader, Ali Ndume, representing Borno-South, attracted wide range of opinions, as Members reeled out possible solutions to the current economic quagmire.
Chief among such, was the Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, representing Enugu-East, and Senator Dino Melaye, representing Kogi-West.
According to Ekweremadu, “The Minister of Budget and National Planning, Udo Udoma and the Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun, should be reshuffled, and moved to other Ministries were their inputs can be felt.
Senator Melaye on the other hand, called for a complete sack of the duo, noting that their incompetence has contributed to the present state of the nation’s economy.
He said, “Hunger and poverty have no political party or religion”, thereby calling on all members, irrespective of political affiliation to put their hands on deck to resolve the crisis.
According to him, President Muhammadu Buhari, should place a total ban on the importation of rice, refined sugar, milk, groundnut, cashew, clothing/textile/shoes, body cream, perfume, frozen fish, meat, etc, in a bid to boost local production.
Melaye, further lamented that the CBN was operating without a board, and this is also creating a clog in the wheel of progress.
Elsewhere, Senator Shehu Sani, representing Kaduna-Central said, “Federal Allocation to States from Abuja, is part of the problem.”
He however, kicked against the sack of Ministers, as according to him, such will not address the problem.
Senator Samuel Anyanwu, representing Imo-East called for a critical round table discussion, and an immediate paradigm shift of President Buhari’s body language, which according to him is deterring investors from coming into the country.
Senator George Akume, representing Benue North-West, in his own part, kicked against the sale of national assets, noting that those calling for the sale of these assets, have the means of buying them, even as he said that the blame game cannot stop.
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