UPROAR IN SENATE OVER PETITIONS AGAINST AMEACHI'S NOMINATION AS MINISTER.

Following the unveiling of President Muhammadu
Buhari’s ministerial nominees yesterday by the
Senate, which included the former governor of
Rivers State, Mr Rotimi Ameachi, a petition, was
on Wednesday, forwarded to the Upper Chamber
protesting against his nomination.
Trouble started at the plenary when Senator
George Sekibo (Rivers) announced that he was
bearing a petition from the good people of his
state against Amaechi’s nomination and sought
for the petition to be laid before the Senate as is
the tradition. Someone who monitored the
plenary proceedings on Wednesday, reports that
while senators of the All Progressives Congress,
APC, quickly roared against the petition being laid,
those of opposition Peoples Democratic Party,
PDP, curiously insisted that the petition be laid for
hearing.
The Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, however
intervened by calling for order while he allowed
Senator Sekibo to go ahead with the submission.
He stressed that there was reason why the
hearing of the petition should be avoided in the
first place.