Former Rivers State Governor and
ex-Minister of Transportation, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, Wednesday caused
confusion on the floor of the Senate during the ministerial screening.
After his introduction, there was
bickering among the Senators on whether the former Minister should be allowed
to take a bow and leave or entertain questions from the lawmakers.
While some of the lawmakers
objected to the motion of him taking a bow, some others saw it as a perfect
decision by the Senate President, Ahmed Lawan on the ground that he (Amaechi)
was a former lawmaker.
Addressing the House, Lawan said,
“I think the gesture should be extended to all lawmakers from the State House
of Assembly, the House of Representatives and the Senate.
“We are not doing this for him,
we are not doing him a favour. We had even discussed this before he came in. He
had served as the Speaker of the Rivers State House of Assembly for eight
years. And I think he should take a bow.”
In the same vein, the Senate
Minority Leader, Enyinnaya Abaribe said Amaechi should take a bow on the ground
that he “was a Speaker of the House of Assembly for eight years under the
Peoples Democratic Party.
“He was a Governor for eight
years on the platform of the PDP and Chairman of the Nigerian Governors’ Forum
on the PDP platform. The PDP DNA runs in him.”
After addressing the house again,
the Senate President asked Amaechi to take a bow amid objection from some
lawmakers.
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