WATCH: Senator Abaribe Confronts Lawan On $22.7 Billion Loan Approval For Buhari
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Contrary
to the belief that the approval of the $22.7b loan was a smooth sail on
the floor, this video shows that there was tension on the floor of the
Senate on Thursday following the insistence of the opposition senators
to know details of the $22.7bn foreign loan request from the President,
Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.).
The Minority Leader,
Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe, drew the attention of the Senate to the
anomaly and requested the President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, to allow
a clause by clause consideration of the loan request.
His
suggestion was turned down by Lawan who said the report of the panel
should not be subjected to debate, based on the rules of the Senate.
Obviously
uncomfortable with the position of Lawan, Abaribe warned the presiding
officer that going ahead to hoodwink the Senate into passing the
multi-billion dollar loan request without the details would spell doom
for the country.
The matter degenerated into a serious tension with the senators viewing the development along partisan lines.
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