The Senate on Sunday denied reports by some media outlets of crack in its leadership rank and described the reported clash between the President of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio and the Leader of the Senate, Senator Opeyemi Bamidele, APC, Ekiti Central during an executive session as deliberate falsehood.
The Chairman, Senate Committee on Media and Public, Senator Yemi Adaramodu, APC, Ekiti South on Sunday, said the reported clash between Senator Akpabio and Senatro Bamidele during an executive session recently convened to deliberate whether the Senate should proceed on annual recess was incorrect.
“The reports do not contain any iota of truth. In entirety, they misconstrue time-tested practices and traditions in the parliament worldwide, where members, regardless of their political leanings, leverage the instruments of parliamentary debates, questions or interpellations to discuss every initiative decisively and eclectically before approval or authorisation,” he said, adding that, “The Senate, as our country’s highest law-making institution, is not different in any way. Like other parliaments, every bill, motion and proposal is always subjected to intense scrutiny in our Chamber almost on a daily basis. This entails robust debates to which members discuss and dissect every initiative before the Senate purely in the interest of over 230 million Nigerians.”
According to Senator Adaramodu, whether in the chamber or committee room, debates on policy issues should not be misconstrued as altercations among members, neither do they suggest any crack in the rank of the leadership.
