Election 2019: APC, PDP senators trade words over conduct of polls

- Senators from the APC and the PDP on Wednesday, March 13 traded words in the upper chambers of the National Assembly

- The senators were deliberating on the conduct of the controversial 2019 general elections

- The elections continues to be subject to debates over the controversy that trailed the conduct of the polls

Senators from the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Wednesday, March 13 traded words in the upper chambers of the National Assembly.

The heated exchanges were due to the conduct of the just concluded 2019 general elections.

The disagreements began after a Point of Order raised by Senator Dino Melaye (Kogi, APC), in which he called on the Senate to debate the way and manner the elections were conducted by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) across the country.

According to him, the debate would place the Senate in a pole position to advice President Muhammadu Buhari appropriately, as well as urge him to sign the amended Electoral Act for better polls in future.

The proposed motion, however, did not go down well with some senators, especially those of the APC extraction.

Attempt by President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, to obtain leave of the chamber to allow Melaye present his motion at the next legislative day was resisted by the ruling party lawmakers.

Saraki then ruled that what was needed to allow the motion was one-fifth of the leave of the Senate.

Senate Leader, Ahmed Lawan took the floor to remind Saraki that his ruling on whether to allow the motion or not was not clear.

Lawan said: “A non-partisan motion was on the floor. We didn’t hear your ruling. What was your ruling on the motion? We did not hear your ruling.”

Saraki reiterated that what was needed to approve the motion to be debated was one-fifth of the leave of the Senate. He said one-fifth leave of the Senate was secured.

“My ruling is that the motion will be listed on the Order Paper for the next legislative day,” Saraki replied Lawan.

On his part, Senator Jibrin Barau (Kano, APC) called for division of the upper chamber to determine the position of senators on the motion, but his suggestion was rejected by Saraki, who insisted that what was required to allow the motion was one-fifth leave of the Senate.

Saraki further assured that the motion would first be screened at the leadership level before presentation and debate in the chamber.

PAY ATTENTION: Install our latest app for Android, read best news on Nigeria’s #1 news app

Meanwhile, the Nigeria Civil Society Situation Room (Situation Room) has called for an independent inquiry into the conduct of 2019 general elections.

The group made the call at a press conference addressed by its convener, Mr. Clement Nwankwo on Sunday, March 10.

The group said the inquiry should address many issues that have bedeviled the conduct of the polls including procurement, logistics management, role of the military and abuse of process by INEC officials amongst others.

NAIJ.com (naija.ng) -> Legit.ng: Same great journalism, upgraded for better service!

Election not a do or die affair - Sanwoolu | Legit TV

Source: Legit.ng

from Nigeria News today & Breaking Naija news ▷ Read on Legit.ng 24/7 https://ift.tt/2F4PQJb
via EDUPEDIA24/7

These funny food quotes will make you laugh like crazy

Food is not only an essential part of the daily routine but also the most exciting one. We cannot imagine our life without something yummy. How do you make ordinary eating fun and unforgettable? We bring to your attention amazing food quotes which will definitely make you smile. Image: unsplash.com (modified by author) Source: UGC Are you looking for interesting ideas to entertain your interlocutor while having lunch at work or family dinner? Then this article is definitely for you! Good food quotes Below are food quotes, aphorisms and witty statements. This is an exciting and extraordinary collection of the top "pearls of wisdom" on this topic. Here you can find funny jokes and sayings, intelligent thoughts of philosophers and original words of great thinkers and inspiring statuses from social networks, as well as many other things. The best appetite comes without food. I love calories. They are dаmn tasty. An empty stomach is the Devil's playground. Have bre

The Transitional Phase of African Poetry

The Transitional Phase The second phase, which we have chosen to call transitional, is represented by the poetry of writers like Abioseh Nicol, Gabriel Okara, Kwesi Brew, Dennis Brutus, Lenrie Peters and Joseph Kariuki. This is poetry which is written by people we normally refer to as modem and who may be thought of as belonging to the third phase. The characteristics of this poetry are its competent and articulate use of the received European language, its unforced grasp of Africa’s physical, cultural and socio-political environment and often its lyricism. To distinguish this type of poetry we have to refer back to the concept of appropriation we introduced earlier. At the simplest and basic level, the cultural mandate of possessing a people’s piece of the earth involves a mental and emotional homecoming within the physical environment. Poems like Brew’s ‘‘Dry season”, Okara’s “Call of the River Nun”, Nicol’s “The meaning of Africa” and Soyinka’s “Season”, to give a few examples,

The pioneering phase of African Poetry

The pioneering phase We have called the first phase that of the pioneers. But since the phrase “pioneer poets” has often been used of writers of English expression like Osadebay, Casely-Hayford and Dei-Anag, we should point out that our “pioneer phase” also includes Negritude poets of French expression. The poetry of this phase is that of writers in “exile” keenly aware of being colonials, whose identity was under siege. It is a poetry of protest against exploitation and racial discrimination, of agitation for political independence, of nostalgic evocation of Africa’s past and visions of her future. However, although these were themes common to poets of both English and French expression, the obvious differences between the Francophone poets and the Anglophone writers of the 1930s and 1940s have been generally noted. Because of the intensity with which they felt their physical exile from Africa, coupled with their exposure to the experimental contemporary modes of writing in F

EDUPEDIA247

Search This Blog