The lawmaker also said the Senate was ready to receive
the president.

The Senate has dismissed the call by the All Progressives
Congress (APC) that the National Assembly should begin
impeachment proceedings against President Goodluck
Jonathan.

Addressing journalists on Tuesday in Abuja, the Chairman, Senate Committee on Media, Information and Public Affairs, Enyinnaya Abaribe (PDP-Abia), said the call was “utter rubbish”.

Mr. Abaribe made the statement after the plenary session
which was preceded by an executive session.

The senate spokesperson said during the executive
session, the senators discussed matters of urgent national importance.

On the status of the 2014 budget, Mr. Abaribe said that
the Conference Committee of the Senate and the House of Representatives met on Tuesday to resolve the matter.

A reliable source later told the News Agency of Nigeria that the committee had agreed on a 77.5 dollars benchmark.

The senate spokesperson had earlier said that when the
matter was resolved, the National Assembly would be open to receiving the budget from the president at anytime.

He said that depending on the situation on the ground, the senate could reconvene even if it was on recess.

“The senate has the Rule 1(b) which is part of our rules
and it says we have options at all times to regulate our
procedure.

“So, depending on the situation on ground, the senate, if
need be, will sit even on a Sunday.

“Of course, resolution of the matter also means the country will be in a position to receive the budget from Mr.President, this is what I can confirm.”

He said that the Senate would on Wednesday receive a
briefing from the security chiefs in a close session.

“The senate will tomorrow host, in a close session, the
leadership of the country’s armed forces for an interaction
with regards to the security situation that the country is
facing.

“After our interaction, if there’s need or if there’s
something that we have to let you (newsmen) know, I will also let you know tomorrow after the interaction with the security chiefs.”

He said that the national assembly would continue to
support the armed forces to be sure that the security of
every Nigerian was guaranteed.

Reacting to the statement made by the INEC Chairman,
Attahiru Jega, that elections might not hold in states under emergency rule, Mr. Abaribe said there was no need ƒσя speculations.

“I will not go into the realm of speculations. But I can say
that the state of emergency is for every six months and
then it will be reviewed.

“I believe that before any election will hold, that six months for a state of emergency would have elapsed and then we will also look at what the position is.

“So I don’t think that it will be right, at this time, to
speculate on what is going to come forth in a year’s time
because we know and we assume that things must have
stabilised by that time.”

He said part of the briefing that the senate would get from the service chiefs would also include knowing what the security situation was in all parts of the country.

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I laughed at the APC e-goats who ignorantly joined their Liar Muhammed in singing a chorus that they even do not know the wordings.

The Senate looks for focus. May God give them more wisdom. God bless us all.

Let them keep waiting in vain.