Sokoto South: Senate President Swears In PDP’s Abdullahi Danbaba

The President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has sworn in Mr
Abdullahi Danbaba as the senator representing Sokoto South
Senatorial District in the National Assembly.

Senator Danbaba was inaugurated at about 10:55 am shortly after
the adoption of the votes and proceedings of Tuesday’s plenary.

The Clerk of Senate, Nelson Ayewoh, administered the oath on the
lawmaker.

Thereafter, the Senate President directed the Chief Whip,
Senator Orji Uzor Kalu, to “give him a befitting seat”.

This comes three weeks after the Court of Appeal in Sokoto
returned Senator Danbaba of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as
the lawmaker representing Sokoto South in the National
Assembly.

In his judgement on October 30, Justice Fredrick Oho set aside
the judgment of the Sokoto State Election Petitions Tribunal which
dismissed the appellant’s petition in favour of the respondent,
Abubakar Shehu-Tambuwal of the All Progressive Congress (APC).

Meanwhile, the Senate has received six aviation sector bills
from President Muhammadu Buhari for consideration and passage into
law.

President Buhari’s request was contained in a letter addressed
to and read by the President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, on the
floor of the Senate.

The letter read: “Pursuant to Section 58 of the Constitution of
the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 (as amended), I formally
request that the following Six (6) Bills be considered for passage
into law by the Senate.

“The bills are: Civil Aviation Bill, 2019; Federal Airports
Authority of Nigeria Bill, 2019; Nigerian College of Airspace
Management Agency (Establishment) Bill, 2019; Nigerian College of
Aviation Technology (Establishment) Bill, 2019; Nigerian
Meteorological Agency (Establishment) Bill, 2019; and Nigerian
Safety Investigation Bureau (Establishment) Bill, 2019.”

After reading the letter, the Senate President directed the
clerk to ensure that the bills were gazetted and distributed to the
members of the chamber.