Drama as Senate ad hoc committee disavows president's report
Just as the Senate floor was recovering from the fierce controversy over the Naira redesign policy, another drama unfolded in plenary session on Wednesday when members of the Ad Hoc Committee on oil theft repudiated the report presented by its chairman, Senator Akpan Bassey, for consideration and adoption.
The Senate had, on April 14, 2022, constituted a 13-member ad hoc committee on theft, theft and the impact on oil production and oil revenues under the chairmanship of Senator Bassey, who is the Chairman, Senate Committee on Petroleum (upstream).
Seven months after the mission, the committee presented its report for consideration and adoption by the Senate in plenary session on Wednesday, but ran into troubled waters when some of its members repudiated it.
The first to comment on the report not being signed was Senate Vice President Ovie Omo-Agege, who presided saying that only six of 13 members had signed the report presented to him.< /p>
The Omo-Agege sighting sparked open confessions from some committee members who disavowed the report.
Specifically, Senator Sani Musa (APC Niger Est) openly stated in the Senate that the six signatures attached to the report were taken from the attendance list taken during the first session of the committee in April .
Musa said: "Mr. President and distinguished colleagues, only three and not six members of the committee signed the report.
"As a member, I attended the first meeting with five other senators whose signatures were attached to the report.
"After the first meeting, I was not invited to any other meeting and did not attend any, which makes this report before us today very strange to me. "
Another member of the committee, the current All Progressive Congress vice-presidential candidate, Senator Kashim Shettima (APC Borno Central), said that as a member of the committee, he had never been invited to any meetings and could not comment on the report presented to the Senate for consideration and approval.
Distressed by the submissions, the Vice President of the Senate called Senator George Sekibo as a member of the committee to offer solutions to the ongoing problem.
Sekibo therefore suggested that the report be withdrawn for consensus among committee members by Monday of next week for representation Tuesday in plenary.
Omo-Agege therefore proposed to vote with the majority of senators.
Members of the committee formed in April were: Senators Akpan Bassey (Chairman), Yusuf Yusuf, Solomon Adeola, Kabiru Gaya, Mohammed Aliero, George Sekibo, Gabriel Suswam, Kashim Shettima, Aliyu Abdullahi, Ali Ndume, Stella Oduah, Sani Musa and Ibrahim Gobir.
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Just as the Senate floor was recovering from the fierce controversy over the Naira redesign policy, another drama unfolded in plenary session on Wednesday when members of the Ad Hoc Committee on oil theft repudiated the report presented by its chairman, Senator Akpan Bassey, for consideration and adoption.
The Senate had, on April 14, 2022, constituted a 13-member ad hoc committee on theft, theft and the impact on oil production and oil revenues under the chairmanship of Senator Bassey, who is the Chairman, Senate Committee on Petroleum (upstream).
Seven months after the mission, the committee presented its report for consideration and adoption by the Senate in plenary session on Wednesday, but ran into troubled waters when some of its members repudiated it.
The first to comment on the report not being signed was Senate Vice President Ovie Omo-Agege, who presided saying that only six of 13 members had signed the report presented to him.< /p>
The Omo-Agege sighting sparked open confessions from some committee members who disavowed the report.
Specifically, Senator Sani Musa (APC Niger Est) openly stated in the Senate that the six signatures attached to the report were taken from the attendance list taken during the first session of the committee in April .
Musa said: "Mr. President and distinguished colleagues, only three and not six members of the committee signed the report.
"As a member, I attended the first meeting with five other senators whose signatures were attached to the report.
"After the first meeting, I was not invited to any other meeting and did not attend any, which makes this report before us today very strange to me. "
Another member of the committee, the current All Progressive Congress vice-presidential candidate, Senator Kashim Shettima (APC Borno Central), said that as a member of the committee, he had never been invited to any meetings and could not comment on the report presented to the Senate for consideration and approval.
Distressed by the submissions, the Vice President of the Senate called Senator George Sekibo as a member of the committee to offer solutions to the ongoing problem.
Sekibo therefore suggested that the report be withdrawn for consensus among committee members by Monday of next week for representation Tuesday in plenary.
Omo-Agege therefore proposed to vote with the majority of senators.
Members of the committee formed in April were: Senators Akpan Bassey (Chairman), Yusuf Yusuf, Solomon Adeola, Kabiru Gaya, Mohammed Aliero, George Sekibo, Gabriel Suswam, Kashim Shettima, Aliyu Abdullahi, Ali Ndume, Stella Oduah, Sani Musa and Ibrahim Gobir.
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