Rotimi Amaechi: PDP,
APC Senators Hold Separate Meetings
As the ministerial screening came
to an end yesterday, October 28, the Senate seems to have heated up over
whether or not it should confirm the former governor of Rivers state, Rotimi
Amaechi.
Rotimi Amaechi
According to Vanguard, ahead of today’s confirmation of screened ministerial nominees by the senators, the Peoples Democratic Party senators had a crucial meeting in over the confirmation process.
On the other hand, their counterpart on the platform
of the All Progressives Congress also embarked on a last minute meeting
simultaneously.
The APC senators meeting was said to have been aimed
at coming up with ways they would impede any form of opposition from the PDP
senators.
According to some sources, the former governor of the
oil rich state is being opposed owing to the roles he played in unseating the
immediate past president, Goodluck Jonathan, during the 2015 presidential
election.
It was said that the PDP senators vowed to withdraw
their support for Senate President Bukola Saraki should he force Amaechi’s
confirmation.
During Amaechi’s screening, the PDP had senators
refused to ask the ministerial nominee any questions.
So far, 18 nominees have been confirmed while the
other half are yet to be confirmed.
Most of the nominees impressed the Senate and are
expected to be confirmed without any hitches but the confirmation of two of the
nominees is not so sure.
Amaechi and the ministerial nominee from Cross River
state, Usani Uguru, have been causing controversies among of the senators.
The APC lawmakers are maintaining a position of
ensuring that Amaechi was confirmed a minister, but the PDP Senators are saying
no to that position until the report of Senator Samuel Anyanwu’s Committee on
Ethics, Privileges and Public Petitions was considered.
However as the confirmation
process of the ministerial nominees is expected to be held today, it is said
that the ruling of the Senate president will be final and can only be
challenged when a senator calls for a division.
Meanwhile, the presidency on Monday,
October 26, said that the Senate acted within its rights in deferring the screening of the
former governor of Rivers state Amaechi.
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Source: Naij.com
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