Senate president Bukola Saraki swore in the members of the upper house of legislature during plenary on Thursday, December 15.

Two of the new senators belong to the Peoples Democratic Party while the remaining on belongs to the All Progressives Congress (APC).


The new senators are :

George Sekibo (PDP) - Rivers East

Magnus Abe (APC) - Rivers South East

Osinachukwu Ideozu (PDP) - Rivers West.


The Senate also announced a recess which begins today, December 15 and ends on Tuesday, January 10, 2017.


The senators applauded themselves for the massive amount of work they have done so far this year and noted that in the last few months, they have done the work of almost a year's worth.

Saraki echoed this much in his closing speech as the Senate closed down for the year, he said:

I want to thank all of you for the effort we put in this session.

Looking at the statistics of what we have been able to achieve since we returned, we've passed 18 Bills for Third Reading.
What we have done in 3 months cannot be compared to what we have done in the last one year.
Finally, I congratulate the three new Senators, we're happy that it is our motion that made this election possible.
Meanwhile, the Senate has rejected the confirmation of the appointment of acting EFCC chairman Ibrahim Magu.

The Senate claimed it was constrained from confirming Magu because of an unfavourable security report on him from the Department of State Service.

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