Senators
held a brief comical session on Tuesday moments before the plenary was
adjourned.
The lawmakers agreed to adjourn
plenary to allow senators of the All Progressives Congress (APC) attend their
National Executive Council meeting.
The comedy started when the Majority
Leader, Ahmed Lawan, moved the motion for adjournment moments after a point of
order was entertained.
Mr. Lawan said, “Mr. President, very
distinguished colleagues, today, the All Progressives Congress, the ruling
party.”
He was however cut short as members
of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) drowned his voice with the remark ‘All
Progressive Crises.”
“It’s All Progressives’ Crises, not
Congress,” they taunted him.
It took the presiding officer, Ike
Ekweremadu, a member of the PDP, some minutes to calm the chamber from the
rounds of laughter that followed the interruption.
After gaining attention again, Mr.
Lawan continued, “Mr. President, very distinguished colleagues, the ruling
party, the APC is holding its NEC and it has already started. As a very
time-conscious party, Mr. President, our colleague senators on this side are
representatives of the chamber, the APC caucus and because of this, I want to
plead with all our colleagues here across party lines to show the understanding
just as we have shown understanding when the minority party PDP have to go for
congresses or whatever.
“Based on this, Mr. President, very
distinguished colleagues, I move that we stand down all the items on the order
legislative day, to enable our colleagues to attend the NEC of the ruling
party, I so move.”
Again, his motion was followed by
whimsy remarks from the PDP senators.
“Too many
crises” “we agree”, they continued to taunt their APC colleagues.
Deputy Minority Leader, Emmanuel
Bwacha (Taraba-PDP) who seconded the motion humorously wished his APC
colleagues ‘safe landing.’
“Mr. President, distinguished
colleagues, before I second, the motion, I want to join my colleagues from the
other side sincerely and wish them safe landing,” he said.
Another round of laughter which went
on for minutes interrupted his speech.
After a partial decorum, he
continued, “That the number of policemen we have are short because of crises. I
don’t how many we’ll dispatch there to supervise. So, Mr. President, having
advised as such, I pray that there will be a safe landing.”
In similar fashion, Mr. Ekweremadu
before putting the question also threw a banter.
“Very distinguished colleagues, I
want to thank the minority leader and the minority members for their
understanding, you know when your neighbour’s house is on fire, you must allow
him to go and quench it.”
The senators adjourned the plenary
after a voice vote.
President Muhammadu Buhari is
expected to chair the NEC meeting slated for today ahead of the party´s
National Convention.
At the meeting,
members are expected to discuss national issues, the crises within the party
and take a decision on when its National Convention would hold.
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