In a trending video, Bamidele, the Senate leader, is seen trying to talk about the Senate Committee on Finance, but Akpabio tells him to move a motion for recess and suspend other papers until resumption.
This came days after the Senate President was seen talking down Senator Natasha Akpoti Uduaghan from Kogi state and telling her, “We are not in a nightclub.” Akpabio later apologised to Senator Natasha.
The senate president said:
Some Nigerians have commented on the video and expressed mixed reactions to the president of the Senate’s leadership style.
Below are some of their reactions:
Mahmud Zakariya said:
Dr. (Hon) Uko Nna commented:
Dr Abdullahi Mohammed tweeted:
Alpha Salisu reacted:
Vesper Martini posited:
See the video here:
TimesNow.com.ng earlier reported that Ali Ndume, who was sacked as the Senate chief whip on Wednesday, July 17, has rejected a fresh appointment from Senate President Godswill Akpabio
The Borno-born senator rejected the offer to become the chairman of the Senate Committee on Tourism
The APC caucus in the Senate and the leadership of the ruling party wrote to the president of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, calling for Ndume’s removal as Senate chief whip and asked him to resign from the party
Source: TimesNow.com.ng