Ali Ndume and others have accused Senate President Godswill Akpabio of rushing through legislation without giving senators the time to review it.
Senator Ali Ndume (APC) of Borno South District was filmed on Thursday complaining about the Senate President’s habit of rushing through legislation without adequate time for reading and debate.
You pass bills in under two hours with no input from anyone and without giving them any advance notice. This is bad for Nigeria, he remarked.
Nasarawa State PDP Senator Ogoshi Onawo also spoke out against the rush to enact controversial legislation.
A quote from his speech goes something like this: “Sir, you are on the seat today, history is going to judge you that things like this are not good for this country.”
In response, Akpabio remarked, “If the bills we are passing are good for the country, history will judge me right. I seriously doubt that any of us would travel all the way here to vote in favor of a bill that would be detrimental to Nigerians.
The Chair acknowledges your point of order.
This comes three weeks after the Senate dismissed rumors of an impeachment proceeding against Akpabio.
According to InfoStride News, in June 2023, Senator Ali Ndume spearheaded the effort to elect Akpabio as president of the Senate.
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