Chairman Senate Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Senator
Godiya Akwashiki, on Wednesday denied reports about likely cracks
in the Senate thereby warranting a move to pass a vote of
confidence in the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan.
The Senate had on Wednesday withdrew a motion sponsored by
Senator Kassim Shettima and co-sponsored by 36 other Senators aimed
at passing a vote of confidence in the leadership of the ninth
National Assembly particularly the Senate President.
The co-sponsors of the motion included 25 All Progressives
Congress (APC) Senators and 11 of their counterparts from the
opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
The abrupt withdrawal of the motion and its subsequent deferment
to another legislative day had fueled speculation that all is not
well with the Senate under the leadership of Lawan.
Answering questions from reporters in Abuja on Wednesday,
Senator Akwashiki dispelled insinuations about any form of
discontentment in the Senate about the leadership of the upper
chamber.
He said that “Our loyalty to the leadership is total and
complete.”
Akwashiki said: “There is nothing to worry about in the vote of
confidence in the leadership of the Senate which was stood down on
Wednesday during plenary.
“It is a vote of confidence and not a vote of no confidence. A
vote of confidence is moved when members of a group are in support
or in total agreement with the leadership.
“I see no big deal in the motion being stood down. I want us to
exercise patience and wait for the day that the motion would be
mentioned on the floor of the Senate.
“I won’t speak further on it because it is a vote of confidence.
I would speak more if it was a vote of no confidence and the Senate
President decided to use his power as Presiding Officer to stand
down the motion.
“Those who are moving the vote of confidence are in total
support of the leadership, so it is not a serious issue.
“On the 36 Senators comprising 25 APC and 11 PDP members listed
as co-sponsors of the motion is a normal thing.
“All of us are in total agreement of the motion but we cannot
all have our names in the motion.
“If all of us should put our names on the list, then it’s no
longer a motion. Now that the motion has been brought before the
Senate, every Senator would have the opportunity to speak on it.
The number of sponsors does not matter.
“The vote of confidence motion has nothing to do with any crisis
in the Senate. There is no crisis. Our loyalty to the leadership is
total and complete. It is even possible for two Senators to move
motion on vote of confidence,” Akwashiki said.
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