The Senate on Wednesday suspended the debate over President Jonathan’s letter seeking for an extension of emergency rule in three North – Eastern states of Adamawa, Borno and Yobe States.
This is coming after the Senate President, David Mark and the senators on Tuesday went behind closed doors to deliberate on the outcome of the President’s letter which led to postponing the discussions to Thursday.
Punch reports that at the resumed plenary on Wednesday, Senate leader, Victor Ndoma – Egba, moved a motion for the continuation of the letter’s consideration in a closed session.
According David Mark: “We had a very robust and detailed discussion and we will continue the discussion tomorrow. The senate also resolved that we will invite the service chiefs to be part of our discussion by appearing before the senate”.
Meanwhile some senators the likes of Senators Ahmed Lawan ( APC Yobe North) and Kabiru Gaya ( APC, Kano South), have expressed their opposition against the emergency rule as they are certain it would not put an end to Insurgency in the country rather compound the problem.
Speaking with journalists shortly after plenary, Senators Ahmed Lawan ( APC Yobe North) and Kabiru Gaya ( APC, Kano South), said they maintained their opposition to the extension of the emergency rule through out the meeting because they were not convinced that it would achieve the intended objective.
According to Kabiru Gaya ( APC, Kano South): “So the whole thing is retrospective, it’s going backward, it’s reducing. The problem is escalating, Borno camp has the highest number of refugees in Africa, I believe and we have over 25,000 to 30,000 people being paid daily to take their three square meals.
“So we believe there are a lot of questions to be answered by the service chiefs. We can’t just simply grant the state of emergency just like that without inviting them to tell us what really happened, because we gave eight conditions before when we granted the last request and no condition has been met.”
Meanwhile it was reported yesterday, that there was mixed reactions in the senate over President Goodluck Jonathan’s request for extension of a state of emergency in Adamawa, Borno and Yobe.
President Goodluck Jonathan, on Tuesday, held a closed door meeting with Senate President, David Mark and Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Emeka Ihedioha, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
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