Senate Resume With Argument Over Sitting Arrangement

After a six-week break, the Senate reconvened in the hallowed chamber that was opened more than two years after the remodeling started.

A furious dispute about seating arrangements broke out amongst a few ranking senators just after the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, made his usual remarks.

Three senators got into a furious dispute. Four-time ranking senators from Gombe Central, Senator Danjuma Goje, and Senator Sahabi Yau, of Zamfara North, protested to Majority Leader Senator Opeyemi Bamidele about their back seats receiving less than favorable treatment.

According to the standing rules of the upper legislative chamber, senators sit according to ranking but the arrangement the aggrieved senators met fell short of their expectations.

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After the argument, Kawu Sumaila, Senator representing Kano South, called for a “point of order” but was ignored.

The President of the Senate doused tension after a slightly prolonged verbal engagement with Bamidele, Yau and Goje at the centre.

He called on the aggrieved Senators to approach the Chair to diffuse the anger, after which he read his welcome address.

Minutes after, plenary was dissolved into an executive session.