Presidency Angry With Media Misinterpretation Of Buhari’s Comment

April 19, 2018

The Presidency is obviously angry with some social media which it accused of misinterpreting a comment made by President Muhammadu Buhari at the Commonwealth Business Forum in London yesterday, Wednesday, April 18.

In a statement by the special adviser to the President on media and publicity, Femi Adesina, recalled that President Buhari gave a keynote address on Making Business Easier Between Commonwealth Countries which was followed by a discussion, and question and answer session.

He said that while responding to a question, President Buhari had cause to talk about some Nigerian youths, and he said: “we have a very young population; our population is estimated conservatively to be 180 million. More than 60 per cent of the population is below the age of 30. A lot of them have not been to school and they are claiming that Nigeria has been an oil producing country, therefore they should sit and do nothing and get housing, healthcare and education free.”

Femi Adesina regretted that typical of their stock in trade, manipulators and twisters of statements of President, “who lie in wait to make mischief, interpreted the comment to mean that President Buhari had taken all Nigerian youths to the cleaners. But elementary English recognizes a wide gulf between “a lot of” and the word “all.” How can “a lot of them,” suddenly transmogrify to mean “all of them?” Mischievous and unconscionable!

The spokesman said that there is no way President Buhari, “father of the Nigerian nation in every sense of the word, who equally has biological children of his own in the youths age bracket, pass a vote of no confidence on all youths. It can only exist in the imagination of those who play what the President has described as “irresponsible politics” with everything.

“President Buhari has always applauded and celebrated Nigerian youths who excel in different areas of endeavour, from sports, to academia, and other realms. And he will continue to do so, because he values the youths, and knows that they are the fulcrum on which the future of the country rests.

“Indeed, every country has its share of idle population, and it is the bounden duty of government at all levels, to create an enabling environment for them to actualize their potentials. That is what President Buhari is committed to doing.

“The focal areas of the administration; securing the country, reviving the economy, and fighting corruption, are actually intended to give youths a future and a hope. This much was emphasized in an April 5, 2018 comment by President Buhari, while receiving Letter of Credence from the Head of Delegation of the European Union to Nigeria, when he said: “Our insistence on probity is to encourage people to be accountable, and accept honesty as a lifestyle so as to secure the future of our youths.’’ The President also said more than 60 percent of Nigerians fall into the age category of youths and deserve to inherit a stable and prosperous country that they can be proud of, adding that the government will work assiduously to prevent waste and the depletion of resources by corrupt Nigerians.

“It is futile for mischief makers to lie in wait, and take a minor part of the words of the President, and turn it into negative commentary, peradventure they could diminish the profile of the President. Nigerians across all walks of life know who is serving them faithfully and truly, and they will always reciprocate such fidelity as occasions demand.” [myad]

PDP Commends Obasanjo, Babangida, Others For Not Supporting Buhari For Second Term

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April 19, 2018

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has commended former President Olusegun Obasanjo; former military President, Ibrahim Babangida and other which it described as elder statesmen for kicking against the second term bid of President Muhammadu Buhari in 2019.

“We commend our elder statesmen and other patriotic Nigerians who have spoken up on the urgent need to rid the country of the current bad APC government and enthrone a government that will serve our needs.”

Addressing the PDP emergency National Executive Council (NEC) meeting today, Thursday at the party’s national headquarters in Abuja, the national chairman, Uche Secondus stressed the need for all hands to be on deck to achieve the great task of removing this APC government and replacing it with a government that will is the hope and aspirations of Nigerians.

“Because of this challenge, we have taken it upon ourselves as the leading opposition party to broaden our scope, open our doors and allow ideas to flow in for a more robust democratic development.

“We therefore, invitee our brother, sister, youths and women from other political parties in this platform to join us to rescue our country that is in distress, socially, politically, economically and security wise. In this country today over 3.1million citizens are languishing in various IDPs across the country yet we are not at war with any country.

“Our consultations have taken us to meet with various interest groups who are willing to do business with us and I can report to you that it has very fruitful. We expect in coming days to have a broader political family working dedicatedly to rescue this democracy and our beloved country from the hands of APC.” [myad]

Police Recover Stolen Senate Mace Under A Bridge In Abuja

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April 19, 2018

The police have announced the recovery of the Senate mace that was stolen by suspected thugs who disrupted plenary session at the Upper Chamber of the National Assembly yesterday, Wednesday.

Deputy Force Public Relations Officer, Aremu Adeniran, who made the announcement in a statement today, Thursday in Abuja, said that the mace was found abandoned at a point under the flyover before the City Gate, where a patriotic passer-by saw it and alerted the police.

Adeniran said that the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Ibrahim Idris, had, yesterday, shortly after the hoodlums removed from the Senate Chamber, instituted a high-powered Police Investigation and Intelligence Team coordinated by the IGP Monitoring Unit of the force into the incident.

He said that IGP also directed a total lock-down of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), with intense surveillance patrol and thorough stop and search operations at various police check-points with a view to arresting the perpetrators and possible recover the stolen mace.

“The police teams engaged in massive raids of identified criminal spots/flashpoints, stop and search operations, visibility and confidence-building patrols, intelligence gathering which forced the suspected miscreants to abandon the mace at a point under the flyover before the City Gate, where a patriotic passer-by saw it and alerted the police.”

The Deputy Force Public Relations Officer noted that a discreet investigation into the incident is still ongoing to arrest and bring the perpetrators to justice.

He said that the police appreciate the members of the public, especially motorists within Abuja Metropolis for their support, cooperation and timely information during the rigorous stop and search operations that led to the recovery of the mace.

Adeniran stated that the renewed commitment of the police to protecting the lives and property, peace and stability, as well as sustaining democracy in the country remains unequivocal and unwavering. [myad]

Many Nigerian Youths Are Not Working But Want Everything Free – Buhari

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April 19, 2018

President Muhammadu Buhari has said that many Nigerian youths are uneducated, not ready to work and want everything free from oil revenue.

The President who spoke yesterday, Wednesday during a panel discussion at the Commonwealth Business Forum in Westminster, London, said: “we have a very young population and our population is estimated conservatively to be 180 million. The 60 per cent of the population is below the age of 30. A lot of them have not been to school and they are claiming that Nigeria has been an oil producing country and therefore they should sit and do nothing and get housing, healthcare and education free.”

President Buhari, who insisted that he had fulfilled his campaign promises by improving on the nation’s security and the economy, explained that his government has been able to decimate the Boko Haram sect, whose activities, he said, had damaged the education and health infrastructures.

He said that his administration has also made impact in agriculture by giving loans to citizens without asking for collateral.

“Recently, my minister for information was constrained to answer a question by people accusing my administration of doing nothing. He said let Nigerians be reminded the position we were before May 2015 and the condition we are now and what we have achieved between then and now and I think people were impressed with the answer.

“In economy, we are doing very well, especially in agriculture. We are providing soft loans and the guarantee is just that you have to belong to a certain locality and you have land. You don’t need to go to a bank to bring physical collateral. I think a lot is being done.”

Buhari said a sign that security has improved is the plan by Shell to invest $15 billion in Nigeria. [myad]

Commission Moves To Ease Access To University Education

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April 18, 2018

The Executive Secretary of the National Universities Commission (NUC), Professor Abubakar Rasheed has announced the setting up of a committee to ease access by Nigerians to university education.

The NUC boss, who spoke at a stakeholders’ seminar organized by the University of Bradford and Institute for Peace and Conflict Resolution (IPCR), in Abuja, said the commission is worried over the country’s growing population and the high demand for tertiary education.

Abubakar Rasheed, who was represented by a director in NUC, Chris Maiyaki, said that Nigeria’s 143 universities could only accommodate 500, 000 students which is 6.7 per cent of admission seekers.

“Nigeria is projected to be the third largest population by the year 2050. The concern of NUC is how to educate this number of population when the time comes,” he said.

“The NUC just commissioned a committee headed by Prof. Peter Okebukola to bring out a blueprint that will help the country to survive the population.

“As you know that on annual basis, we have 7.5 million students aspiring to get admission to the universities, unfortunately, the available 143 universities put together can only admit 500,000 students,” he said

The Executive Secretary said the commission was making efforts to ensure that Nigerian universities catch up with global happenings.

He commended some Nigerian universities for partnering with UK’s University of Bradford for joint research and teaching.

Seven Nigerian universities have signified interest to join the World Technology Universities Network (WTUN) led by the UK varsity.

They are University of Benin, Edo; University of Port-Harcourt, Rivers; University of Calabar, Cross River; Akwa Ibom State University; University of Uyo; Niger Delta University and African University, Bayelsa.

WTUN is a consortium of universities committed towards the provision of professional and vocational courses with excellent job prospects for graduates in the country.

University of Bradford’s Vice Chancellor, Brian Cantor, said the school was developing links with its Nigerian counterparts to use the instrumentality of science and technology to solve national and global problems.

“Because we live in an age of technology, worldwide knowledge-based development either in social or economic sphere, universities play a big role. And partnership is the way to do it,” he said. [myad]

Central Bank Pumps Another $210 Million Into Forex Market

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April 18, 2018

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has intervened with another sum of $210 million as part of its intervention in the inter-bank sector of the Foreign Exchange market and to meet the requests of customers.

A breakdown of the figures indicates that the CBN offered the sum of $100 million to authorized dealers in the wholesale segment of the market, just as it allocated the sum of $55 million each to the Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) segment and the invisibles segment to meet the needs for tuition fees, medical payments and Basic Travel Allowance (BTA), among others.

Confirming the releases, the CBN Acting Director in charge of the Corporate Communications Department (CCD), Isaac Okorafor, said that the continued intervention by the Bank is in line with the CBN Governor’s commitment to ensure liquidity in the market as well as reduce pressure on the naira.

Okorafor said that the CBN is satisfied with the current market situation which was brought about by policies it had put in place to check forex speculators, round trippers and rent-seekers.

According to him, these policies have helped to stabilize the exchange rate in addition to the establishment of the Investors-Exporters window, which had increased fx supply with over $20 billion inflow since its inception.

Okorafor assured that the Bank will not relent in its effort to manage the country’s forex with a view to reducing its import bills and checking any hemorrhage of its foreign reserves.

The CBN, in its last intervention on Tuesday, April 10, gave out the tune of $210 million to cater for requests in the various segments of the forex market.

Meanwhile, the naira continued its stability in the FOREX market, exchanging at an average of N360/$1 in the BDC segment of the market today, Wednesday.

Invasion: Presidency Sympathizes With Senate – Ekweremadu

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April 18, 2018

Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweramadu has briefed the Presidency over the invasion of the Senate Chamber and stealing of the Mace by some hoodlums in the earlier hours of today, Wednesday and that the Presidency expressed sympathy to the Senate for the incident.

Speaking to news men shortly after a closed door meeting with Vice President Yemi Osinbajo at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, Ekweremadu said that he had briefed the Vice President “because the President is not in town. It was appropriate for him to know what transpired because we run democracy. We are all in one government and it is the responsibility of the President or the Vice President to ensure the law and order in the country.

“Once we have this kind of major development, it is important that he is briefed at the earliest opportunity. The Senate President is out of the country, its therefore my responsibility to come over and brief the Vice President. He has sympathized with us over what happened and he is going to join forces with us to ensure that we get to the root of the matter to make sure that this will not happen again.

“For us it is a threat to our democracy. The invasion of the parliament is not acceptable to any person; it is not acceptable to me, it is not acceptable to the VP; it is not acceptable to my colleagues and I believe it is not also acceptable to the President, so those who acted this script must be on their own.

“All we need to do as a country is to ensure that this is forestalled and I want to appeal to the media to help us discourage this kind of brigandage so that people have to behave in a very responsible manner. “

Senator Ekweremadu gave assurance that Senator are on top of the situation, adding that they carried out sitting today and that they will continue tomorrow.

He however wondered what legal right Omo-Agege, who has been suspended, has to enter the chamber, stressing that it was a breach of the law for him to force himself into the chambers.

“As I said, police is still investigating. We are going to find out the details of those who aided him to come in and then some of them I believe have been arrested and we will get to the root of the matter.”

I Will Not Overlook Illegal Deductions, Malpractices, Col Dangiwa Writes Glo

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April 18, 2018

“Let it be stated that our client could like most other subscribers gloss over such regular illegal deductions. However, his commitment to the principle of transparency, accountability and best practices shall not allow him to paper over such underhand cut and malpractices.

These were contained in a letter which the radical former Military Governor of old Kaduna State and pro-democracy fundamentalist, retired Colonel Abubakar Dangiwa Umar to Nigerian telecommunication giant, Globacom, over illegal deduction of funds from his phone account.

The letter, written on his behalf by his lawyer, Osa Director Esq, Dangiwa said that he has noticed with utter consternation and disdain the consistently regular but illegal deduction of fund from his phone payment

The letter reads: “We are Solicitors to Colonel Abubakar Dangiwa Umar (Retd), a former Military Governor of Old Kaduna State, herein after known as our client and on whose behalf we write you this letter.

“Our client is a subscriber to your Glo Network. He has two lines on your network. However, our client has noticed with utter consternation and disdains your consistently regular but illegal deductions of funds from his account. The reason for such illegal deductions is as a result of your unsolicited and bogus claim of his subscriptions to your numerous offers.

“On a daily basis you deduct a certain amount of money from his two lines for allegedly subscribing to your 577 Wiki Tips and Jokes Tips services. For instance, on 20^th and 27^th March, 2018, you made three to four deductions of N100 (one hundred naira) each from his lines on account of his “subscription” to 577 services. These unwholesome practices have been going for quite a while unabated.

“Also in the interest of millions of subscribers to your network, who are probably vulnerable and weak to the point of being voiceless, our client is demanding that you put a stop forthwith such crass economic exploitation and manipulation of your subscribers. This attitude becomes even more offensive when you multiply N400 daily by 100 million subscribers. That is a colossal amount of N4billion daily taken away from innocent and unsuspecting subscribers.

“This demand by our client is not motivated by any material interest. Therefore, we shall not be asking for any monetary compensation for the inconvenience and rude embarrassment caused to our client by your actions.

“However, we demand on behalf of our client, that you stop outright such illegal deductions and also tender an unreserved written apology to our client. The cessation of such illegal deductions should not be limited to our client alone, as we also demand that you stop such deductions from your numerous subscribers, some of whom are friends and associates of our client.

“It is pertinent to let you know that our client has the phone numbers of these friends and associates. We shall be cross-checking with them to find out if you have done the needful.”

The letter, dated 29^th March, 2018 asked Glo to “TAKE NOTICE that failure to so within 14 days from the date above-written, “we shall commence legal actions against you. Take this letter as a pre-action notice.”

Buhari Lectures Commonwealth Countries On How To Make Business Easier For Members

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April 18, 2018

President Muhammadu Buhari at the Commonwealth FORUM

President Muhammadu Buhari has lectured Commonwealth countries on the best way to utilize Trade and Investment Facilitation to generate resources for sustainable development amongst members.

He also identified Ease of Doing Business and Regional Integration that expands markets with safeguards against injurious trade practices from third parties; More Inclusive Growth with the empowerment of women and the youth, as factors that are capable of making business among the members countries easier.

In a keynote address he delivered today, Wednesday, at the Commonwealth Business Forum at Guildhall, London, President Buhari said that Provision of a platform for Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs); A radical expansion of human capital for the 21^st Century, what is now known as “Knowledge Economy”; and Provision of hard and software infrastructure for the 21^stCentury Digital Economy to boost e-commerce, increase efficiency, solve development problems and enhance cyber security, are other factors necessary for an easier business environment.

The Commonwealth Business Forum (CBF), with the subject “Making Business Easier between Commonwealth Countries” is part of events at this year’s Commonwealth Heads of State Meeting, CHOGM- 25.

The President said that Nigeria had already started championing this course with events such as the “High-Level Trade and Investment Facilitation Forum for Development” convened by Nigeria in November 2017 in Abuja in partnership with the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS):

“The Abuja Statement from this Forum: “Deepening Africa’s Integration in the Global Economy through Trade and Investment Facilitation for Development,” has become a global and multilateral reference point. We believe that the Commonwealth should lend its support to these types of activities, as a sound model, for Making Business Easier Amongst Commonwealth Countries.

“To underscore Nigeria’s commitment to spreading prosperity throughout the Commonwealth, in the past 6 months, Nigeria Co-Chaired with the United Kingdom, the “UK All-Parliamentary Group for Trade out of Poverty” (APPG-TOP). The Report of this Commonwealth Inquiry Report was launched on 3rd April, 2018.

“Nigeria affirms its commitment to the principal message from this Commonwealth Inquiry Group that Nigeria co-chaired with the UK. The surest, most sustainable way to lift millions of people out of poverty across the Commonwealth is through boosting trade and investment. We believe that, we, as Leaders in the Commonwealth, should grasp the opportunity and agree a major new focus on trade and investment for inclusive development.”

He shared the experiences of Nigeria regarding the on-going deep and extensive ‘ease of doing business’ reforms which are being staged under a 60-day National Action Plan, saying: “Stage 1 focuses on eight areas that make it easier to register businesses, obtain construction permits, get credit, pay taxes, have electricity, trade across borders, facilitate entry and exit of people and register property. These reforms were codified in an Executive Order. Transparency and efficiency across government was mandated and made enforceable. These reforms have resulted in improvements: reduction in cost and time and greater transparency particularly for micro- small and medium sized enterprises.

“Stage 2 is focused on 11 areas, improving on Stage 1. This stage also covers new areas, including contract enforcement, simplifying the procurement process, and trading within Nigeria. Action in this and subsequent stages will revolve inter alia, around reputational issues.”

The President said that these efforts have been acknowledged as evidenced in the World Bank’s ‘Doing Business’ Report published in November last year, which moved Nigeria up 24 places and recognized the country as one of the top 10 most improved economies in the world. He however said more work needs to be done as we enter the next stage.

“In developing countries, labour and industry are concerned about distortions in trade policies that result in subsidised products which have contributed to exports dumped in developing economies. These have had bad effects in the form of job losses.

“Growth is not yet inclusive and remains elusive. There are downside risks about disruptions to trade and investment. Global and regional markets have been considerably rattled by the risks of trade wars. Concerns over climate change are unabated and are increasing. There are tasks and duties on all sides.”

The Nigerian leader emphasized the need for a healthier business relationship among countries: “But if we are to make business easier between our countries and going beyond the Commonwealth, we must avoid trade wars and work collectively to preserve the global trading order, support regional initiatives as well as support domestic structural reforms that focus on the priorities of individual countries.”

He reiterated his belief in wealth creation and employment opportunities within the Commonwealth: “If there is a collective Commonwealth Commitment to the Ease of Doing Business, we shall spur growth, multiply wealth and expand employment opportunities. These objectives will be accelerated by trade and investment facilitation.”

President Buhari used the opportunity to call on the Commonwealth Business Forum and prospective investors in the Nigerian economy, to participate in the 2018 “UK/Nigeria Trade and Investment Forum” at the London Stock Exchange.

Senate And Omo-Agege’s Absurd Theatrics, By Sufuyan Ojeifo

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April 18, 2018

If the invasion of the Senate in plenary today, Wednesday, April 18, by two thugs sponsored by suspended Senator Ovie Omo-Agege (APC, Delta Central), during which they attacked the Mace, the legislative symbol of authority, and made away with it in a Rambo-like operation, is a fore-shadower of what to expect in the weeks and months ahead of the 2019 general elections, then we must all worry.
To be sure, Omo-Agege was suspended for his remarks that that the amendment of the 2010 Electoral Act that reordered the sequence of the 2019 general elections, moving the presidential election from the first to the last in the sequence, was targeted at President Muhammadu Buhari.
Prior to his suspension, Omo-Agege had apologised to the Senate in plenary; but, in a volte-face, he had proceeded to file a suit against the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki and the Senate when he got winds that the Ethics and Privileges Committee had recommended him for suspension from legislative activities for 180 days.
But the Senate, considering the plea by Saraki, decided to reduce the 180-day suspension by a half to 90 days. This, according to the Senate, was to serve as deterrent to other senators who might contemplate taking the Senate to court over its powers to regulate or determine its internal affairs.
Omo-Agege, instead of allowing the matter in court to run its full course, was beside himself and decided to resort to that odious self-help. I wonder what he intended to achieve by that. Will his storming the Senate with thugs and disrupting its sitting in a day force a reversal of the decision to suspend him? Certainly not! Instead, it would worsen his situation as it has done.
Did he think that the attack on that particular Mace could have prevented a replacement with another Mace? There are so many Maces in the custody of the Sergeant-at-Arms that could serve as replacement. I just cannot understand what Omo-Agege, a supposed gentleman, wanted to achieve. It is sad that a senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria lost his sense of equanimity when it mattered most and ended up being a misguided role model.
He is an unfortunate proxy in a seeming battle in defence of the electoral interest of the President. If the motivation for the show of shame was to ingratiate himself to the Presidency in the battle for 2019 tickets of the APC, then beyond being an unenviable role model and unfortunate proxy, he is a reprehensible tragic hero, putting his reputation and family name at stake.
How could an elderly man, head of family and father who is supposedly educated descend so low into the gutter in a desperate bid to achieve what end that is at best mundane? “A good name,” according to the Bible (Proverbs 22.1), “is more desirable than great riches and a loving favour rather than silver and gold.”
By that treasonable act of attacking the authority of a revered democratic institution of the Senate of which he is a part even though suspended for 90 days, Omo-Agege is nothing but a felon and should be appropriately dealt with in accordance. He has lost his respect as a senator in the estimation of well-meaning Nigerians.
I watched as he was being led away by two very senior Police officers into the back seat of a waiting Hilux van and driven away amid the blaring of siren. That was a pitiable anti-climax to an action that could not escape essential indictment as jejune. The Omo-Agege saga is a reminder of another similar incident that another politician from Delta State choreographed in 2015 at the International Conference Centre where the result of the presidential election was being collated.
I refer to former Minister of Niger Delta, Elder Peter Godsday Orubebe, who was the agent of President Goodluck Jonathan where the results of the presidential elections were being announced. At a point, on March 15, 2015, Orubebe went overboard, seized the microphone and for several minutes, insisted that the INEC Chairman, Professor Attahiru Jega, should leave the centre because, according to him, he was biased against the ruling PDP.
Openly accusing Jega of being “tribalistic and partial”, he said the INEC chairman acted promptly on the complaints from the opposition APC but refused to accept a petition from the PDP. Although that did not deter Jega from seeing through his assignment, the Orubebe rascality that could have encouraged a rejection of the presidential election result by the PDP was eventually put down by Goodluck Jonathan’s decision to, without consulting his party leaders, accept the result of the election in a historic telephone call to Muhammadu Buhari. That was even when two states were yet to be announced by the INEC.
I have drawn this comparison in order to question what the problem is with politicians from Delta State that accentuates their rascality. Well, it may not be solely peculiar to Delta, but the people of the state should begin to interrogate the antecedents and psychologies of those they vote in as their representatives in the National Assembly as from 2019.
Other states should follow suit. It is unfortunate that Omo-Agege found himself on the wrong side of the authority in the Senate; otherwise, this side of him would not have been known. His colleague, Dino Melaye, from Kogi State, obviously has more capacity and multiple competencies for mischief than Omo-Agege, but he is on the right side of the Senate authority and he is being mollycoddled; his nuisance values tolerated and deployed to utilitarian advantage.
I remember when Dino Melaye was a member of the House of Representatives, he fought on the floor of the House and had his dress torn into rags in defence of the then House leadership under the Speakership of Hon. Patricia Etteh. There were others who had, in the past, thrown decency to the wind and fought one another on the floor of the House.
Because of the youthfulness of the preponderant members of the House, they were and are still always eager to flex muscles and actually deliver the punches. But the Senate ambience is different. While senators are not giving to fighting, they are at home exchanging banter. Historically, senators’ action of personally hijacking the Mace is not new to us, but the dimension that Omo-Agege has just introduced, sponsoring thugs to invade the chamber in plenary to attack and make away with the symbol of authority is, no doubt, novel.
The ease at which the thugs entered the chamber and grabbed the Mace calls for a review of the security in and around the chambers of the Senate and the House of Representatives. Besides, the legislators’ personal security should be taken seriously by them as the 2019 politicking for elective posts enter into frenzy.
Significantly, we should henceforth place a demand for proper and respectful conducts from our senators and spell it out to them that whoever perpetrates this sort of Omo-Agege’s rascality and allied misbehaviours will be recalled. In fact, Nigerians in the various senatorial zones who know the antecedents of those aspiring to represent them, should use their votes to screen out the likes of Omo-Agege from finding their ways to the Senate in particular and House of Representatives and State Houses of Assembly in general. This will help to sanitise the legislative arm of government.
Ojeifo, editor-in-chief of The Congresswatch magazine, contributed this piece via ojwonderngr@yahoo.com

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