The Parliamentary Support Group
(PSG), a group of pro-Buhari Senators, have said they are ready to take on the
Senate’s leadership over their ban.
The PSG said yesterday that its
ban could only stand, if similar groups in the Senate were banned.
Some members of the group’s
Strategic Committee, who met in Abuja yesterday, said it would ask Senate
President, Bukola Saraki to disband groups like the Like Minds, Northern
Senators Forum (NSF) and others.
The PSG, which is considering a
six-point plan, resolved to reconvene on Wednesday. It said it would stand by
its secretary, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, who was suspended last Thursday.
A member of the Strategic
Committee, who spoke in confidence with The Nation, said the PSG would not be
disbanded.
The source said: “We are not
going to disband it because the Senate did not form it for us. The freedom of
association is guaranteed in our Constitution, the freedom of speech is also
guaranteed. It is a matter of interest.
“If not for groups like this, the
President of the Senate, Dr. Bukola Saraki, won’t have emerged as our
president. When we formed the Like Minds Group, we disrespected the directive
of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to elect him as the Senate president.
“We have resolved to ask the Senate
leadership to let us start by disbanding the Like Minds Group, the Northern
Senators Forum and other groups in order to create a level-playing ground for
all. Look, the Northern Senators Forum is even more discriminatory than PSG”.
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