There was a mild drama on the floor of the House of Representatives on Tuesday as the green chamber was Rowdy on whether or not to invite President Muhammadu Buhari to appear before them and offer explanation on the true security situation of the country.
An earlier circulated motion had prayed for the invitation of the president by Hon. Satomi Ahmed on behalf of other 10 Borno State lawmakers.
Hon Ahmed Satomi had skipped the prayer to invite President Muhammadu Buhari and replaced it with “to declare a State of emergency on security matters.
But the motion as presented didn’t go down well with other Borno lawmakers, with Hon. Ahmed Jaha raising a point of order.
He relied on Order 6, Rule 1 of the House to say that the original motion to which all the lawmakers agreed on was to call on the President to address them on the security situation especially in the north east region.
He, therefore, amended the prayers of the motion.
According to him, “my amendment is that Mr. President should be invited to come and explain the security situation in the country especially in the northeast”, .
The amendment got the support of the House.
However, the Speaker of the House, Rep. Femi Gbajabiamila said it was not necessary, stressing that the State of emergency prayer covered the prayer of the motion.
This was however rejected by the House.
Similarly, the majority leader of the House, Ado Doguwa added his voice, saying that security issues can’t be discussed openly, pleading for the understanding of his colleagues not to summon the president.
His contribution was however greeted with a thunderous shout of No. No No!!!!
Seeing the rising tension and the determination of the lawmakers, the Speaker suddenly called for executive session to resolve the matter.
According to him, “Hon. Colleagues, I am a little bit disappointed with a lot of these no, no, no no
“This is not the spirit with which we started this 9th assembly
“We will go into executive session to resolve this matter”
The House reconvened with the resolution that Mr. President be summoned to brief it on the ugly act.
Saturday November 28th was a black day for the people of Zabarmari Village of Jere Constituency
Over 43 innocent farmers were killed by suspected Boko Haram insurgents, a move many have described as disturbing and callous.
This development has left Nigerian citizens with the million dollar question.. When will the killings by these insurgents be brought to an end.
The call for a change of the country’s service chiefs have remained unanswered despite the worsening insecurity.
It remains to be seen how far the lawmakers will go about driving home their demand in the wake of this latest incident.
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