Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe, representing Abia South senatorial district, on Wednesday recommended that he would have dealt with the suspension of Senator Abdul Ningi if he had been the presiding officer of the Senate.
The Senator stated this whereas fielding questions on Come up Tv’s Morning Present programme on Wednesday.
reporter studies that the Senate, on Tuesday, witnessed a rowdy session because it debated over claims of finances padding.
Recall that Senator Abdul Ningi representing Bauchi Central on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Occasion, PDP, had earlier alleged that N3.7 trillion was padded into the 2024 finances.
Ningi was the Chairman, Senate Committee on Inhabitants and represents Bauchi Central.
He was ultimately suspended for 3 months following his allegation.
Nonetheless, Abaribe, who was elected on the platform of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, stated he was a part of those that moved round and tried to reasonable the tense ambiance within the Senate on Tuesday.
He stated the view of the Senate prevailed regardless of his and others’ intervention as elders within the hallowed chamber.
He stated: “Nicely, we’ve got guidelines. Our rule says in part 66 that should you convey the Senate to disrepute – I feel there are a number of facets of that part 66 in our guidelines, which you’ll be able to self-discipline a Senator.
“However there’s additionally one other a part of the argument that claims that beneath part, I feel 2C (14) or so, the place a constituency have to be represented.
“I’m an elder within the Senate. And I used to be a part of people who went round and stated ‘Please can we reasonable this’. However the view of the Senate prevailed.
“If I used to be, in fact, the presiding officer, most likely we might have run it in another way.
“At a degree at which Senator Olamilekan had made that clarification ought to have been the place we should always have ended the matter. However in fact, the matter nosedived. It’s what it’s.
“I feel we are able to simply transfer on. The rule have to be adhered to. Any system with out guidelines will simply devolve into chaos. That’s all.”
