Natasha: Educate Nigerians on our rules – Senate tells Journalists

By Henry Umoru

ABUJA- THE Senate has reiterated its telephone connected Journalists to ever amended Nigerians connected the contented of its Standing Orders to debar misconceptions astir actions taken against immoderate erring legislator during plenary sessions.

Speaking connected Wednesday successful Abuja astatine 1 time capableness – gathering store for members of the Senate Press Corps, Chairman, Senate Committee connected Media and Public Affairs, Senator Yemi Adaramodu, APC, Ekiti South Stressed that 1 of the rules Nigerians request to beryllium educated connected is conception 6( 1) of the Senate lasting rules which empowers the President of the Senate to allocate and re – allocate seats to Senators astatine immoderate clip necessary.

Adaramodu who was referring to the genesis of the situation betwixt Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, PDP, Kogi Central and the Senate successful February this year, said that the refusal of immoderate Senator to obey the rules , volition ever pb to avoidable crises.

He said : ” Journalists similar lawmakers, are expected to person the cognition of the modular rules unneurotic truthful that erstwhile idiosyncratic fails to observe the rules either successful the Senate oregon House of Representatives , you fto the nationalist cognize successful your reports .

” If you are expected to beryllium connected spot fig 10 and you spell and beryllium connected spot fig 13 , you volition not beryllium recognized by the president and if the affected idiosyncratic insists that helium oregon she indispensable beryllium recognized , ‘ katakata’ volition surely travel up .

” Also, seats allocated to Senators are not imperishable , the crushed wherefore the President of the Senate arsenic mandated by provisions of regularisation 6(1) , tin re- allocate seats of Senators .

“The National Assembly is not a banana republic wherever determination are nary laws . Our laws indispensable beryllium obeyed by america and understood by Nigerians who are to beryllium educated connected them by those of you covering the the Senate .

” In information , parliamentary reporters similar those of you covering the Senate , are expected to beryllium educated and knowledgeable similar lawmakers themselves and adjacent much knowledgeable.”

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