The Senate has shifted its
resumption from Tuesday next week to July 28 to enable the peace committee set
up by the Governors Forum on Senate leadership crisis to submit its report.
Investigations by our
correspondent in Abuja on Friday revealed that the Adams Oshiomhole-led
committee had not been able to interact well with the warring factions since it
was set up about three weeks ago.
A senator, who pleaded anonymity,
told our correspondent that it would be counterproductive for the senators to
resume without resolving the crisis rocking the chamber.
The source said, “The leadership
of the Senate agreed to shift resumption of plenary by an additional week
because of the need to resolve the crisis in the upper chamber over the
appointment of principal officers.
“Another reason is the fact that
the senators would have an opportunity to rest after the Ramadan fasting,
especially when President Muhammadu Buhari would not be in the country for a
better part of next week.
“We believe that it is better for
President Buhari to be in the country when the red chamber will reopen for
plenary so that the letter for the appointment of Service Chiefs could be
communicated to the senate for consideration.”
However, a statement signed by
the Acting Clerk to the Senate, Mr. Adedotun Durojaiye, on Friday merely
announced the postponement of plenary till July 28 without giving reasons for
the action.
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