Contrary to the foreboding in several quarters, the Senate yesterday reconvened in a quiet mood resolving to put to rest the political brickbats that had distracted it from attending to key national issues in the recent past.

The meeting, which held behind closed doors for 20 minutes, did not produce an official statement.

But a lawmaker, who craved anonymity, told The Guardian that earlier threats and counter-threats by the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) lawmakers were dropped.


According to him, “the Senate today (yesterday) reconvened after over two months recess and immediately went into a closed session where all members had frank discussions about the future of the Eighth Senate as it goes into its last stage.”

He added: ” The members agreed to give peace a chance and avoid allowing the red chamber of the federal legislature to degenerate into an arena of conflicts over partisan and personal issues.”

It was equally learnt that the APC caucus extracted a promise from Senate President Bukola Saraki that national interest would continue to take precedent over other considerations during sittings.

The senators were said to have agreed not to allow external forces and influences to cause disaffections among them.

APC National Chairman, Adams Oshiomhole, had severally urged his party men in the upper chamber to unseat Saraki on account of his recent defection to t
he PDP.


Just last Sunday at the national convention of the in Abuja, the Senate Majority Leader, Ahmed Lawan, renewed the threat.

The pronouncement had attracted serious warning from his PDP colleagues the following day through the Minority Leader, Abiodun Olujimi.

However, the chamber expressed concern over the serial rejections by President Muhammadu Buhari to sign the Electoral Amendment Bill and others recently passed by the National Assembly.

It also set up a technical committee to look into the unsigned pieces of legislation.

The reaction followed some correspondences from the presidency adducing reasons for Buhari’s decline of assents to 16 bills.

Others which got the president’s cold reception are the Advance Fee Fraud and other Related Offences (Amendment) Bill; Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (Amendment) Bill; Stamp Duties (Amendment) Bill; Petroleum Industry Governance Bill (PIGB); Industrial Development (Income Tax Relief) (Amendment) Bill as well as the National Institute of Hospital and Tourism (Establishment) Bill among others.

Also yesterday, the House of Representatives adjourned plenary in honour of the late Funke Adedoyin, who passed on recently.

At the plenary presided over by Speaker Yakubu Dogara, the lawmakers held a special prayer in her honour before adjourning sitting to today.

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2019 where are you?


Can't wait to be Articulated!!

Saraki don't judge popularity contest online. Majority of them their papa na thief. Them go support you. Kwara was your chance to prove that you have leadership skills, but we couldn't find anything in Kwara to say yes this man get sense we can leave this country in his hands. So whatever is worth doing is worth doing well.

Fashola can come out to say he want to contest and most parties know that they are in trouble. Fashola has evidence on ground to come out you don't need a blind man to tell you. Anybody but Buhari doesn't mean anybody you too should come out.
But thanks for giving out some part of our resources out to the owners in dollars.
It a shame that we don't even spend naira anymore and we have CBN in this country.

slimfit1:
Saraki don't judge popularity contest online. Majority of them their papa na thief. Them go support you. Kwara was your chance to prove that you have leadership skills but we couldn't find anything in Kwara to yes this man get sense we can leave this country in his hands. So whatever is worth doing is worth doing well.

Fashola can come out to say he want to contest and most parties know that they are in trouble. Fashola has evidence on ground to come out you don't need a blind man to tell you. Anybody but Buhari doesn't mean anybody you to should come out.
But thanks for giving out some party of our resources out to the owners in dollars. It a shame that we don't even spend naira anymore and we have CBN in this country.

Be realistic in your discuss. Where was Fashola when you gave a lifeless body APC presidential ticket in 2015 yet ready to vote again for him when Fashola and likes are still alive and lively? Enough of your innate nuisance and double standards in political arena.

This 8th Assembly ehn. E be like say their own drama worse pass Okadigbo own.

Where is Oga Oshomole

Saraki till 2019 and Beyond 2019.

Osho's mouth Diarrhoea has no cure

That's how Saraki will continue to promise you all till the end. If you know you know.

He is lifeless

And can't even read the bills

And so what

They should join hands together and impeach him fast. Nigeria Is dying under this old man

Senate should continue to do their work, if the President does not sign any bill again the that's the President problem

no sensible president will want total gridlock, but Buhari is not clever enough to know this

emmie14:

Be realistic in your discuss. Where was Fashola when you gave a lifeless body APC presidential ticket in 2015 yet ready to vote again for him when Fashola and likes are still alive and lively? Enough of your innate nuisance and double standards in political arena.

Power went back to the north. The northerners are only interested in power. They get it don't know what to do with it. To them its the only way they can ruine what is left of this country. Soon we shall all go back to our regions.

The lifeless dullard from daura and the ugly urchin from Edo are more concerned about impeaching Saraki than giving us the change they promised.

They better work together for the good of the people.

Baba Oloye Still Presiding. Who Has Seen Oshiomole?

As the senate refuses to give him billions to borrow nko?

What about the bill that seeks to water down the sentence on advance fee fraud, no sane president will sign that!

Buhari always consider his religion and ethnicity before assenting any bill.

APC is evil

WHAT do you expect from a lifeless fellow? Rejections of course.

Citizens interest first.

After much much

I read the reasons for PMB rejecting those bills and I can only SMH for Nigeria.

Imagine these thieves wanting to reduce punishment for looting/stealing of our resources and advanced fee fraud offences!

Buhari is an enemy of anything good.

slimfit1:
Saraki don't judge popularity contest online. Majority of them their papa na thief. Them go support you. Kwara was your chance to prove that you have leadership skills, but we couldn't find anything in Kwara to say yes this man get sense we can leave this country in his hands. So whatever is worth doing is worth doing well.

Fashola can come out to say he want to contest and most parties know that they are in trouble. Fashola has evidence on ground to come out you don't need a blind man to tell you. Anybody but Buhari doesn't mean anybody you too should come out.
But thanks for giving out some part of our resources out to the owners in dollars.
It a shame that we don't even spend naira anymore and we have CBN in this country.

Is Saraki alone senate? Are there not APC and PDP members in the senate? Didn't they go into a closed door session for a candid discussion? I dey tell you eh, "This obsession with Saraki won't do you any good"

The buharist won't see this, they were all over saraki, that he locked the Senate chamber and went on recess. See numerous bills submitted to the presidency while the said Senate was on recess none was signed, but it still saraki that's your problem. Obviously, the dimwit and his supporters will think he's doing saraki, it's the Nigerians will suffer his ineptitude

They should get serious and channel their energy towards important thing... the main reason they are there is to formulate laws....Why the rush If they are not competent, what's the duty of their aides Politics and what they will eat won't let them face their primary objective.
Buhari may be slow, certificate-less or what have you.... but he is schooling them on this big time!

Ndonu101:
Senate should continue to do their work, if the President does not sign any bill again the that's the President problem

no sensible president will want total gridlock, but Buhari is not clever enough to know this

Do you actually think that Buhari has time for the children at the national assembly and their drama?

You want him to sign the electoral bill where u guys removed the use of card readers?