Contrary to speculations that the Senate will tow the line of the house of Representative in mulling the issue of impeachment, the Senate chose a safe path of blacklisting all executive bill. Though it is not clear which of the bills they are targeting, sources indicate that they have resolved to keep all executive bill in view “pending the time when the executive will end Senate persecution”
One would have expected the Senate to act within their powers to institute an inquiry into the case of the alleged “executive lawlessness” that the green chambers regard as constituting an impeachable offense. In recent times, the relation between the Legislative and the executive has reached a new low. Fingers are being pointed to the presidency in connection with the abduction of the Mace in the upper chambers, and Ike Ekweremadu, deputy senate president, had a closed door meeting with Vice president Yemi Osinbajo. The outcome of the meeting is not clear.
Within the same period, Senator Dino Melaye has been under severe confrontation with the police that necessitated his arrest, escape and rearrest in a hospital where he is receiving treatment. Then came the letter to the Senate by the presidency informing them they have withdrawn over four million dollars to pay the US for TUCANO jets without informing the National Assembly, and now fell short of ordering them to add it to the 2018 budget. The budget is yet to be approved after the first quarter of the year.The senate held a closed session where they discussed the crisis hitting the senate, and resolved on a joint committee with the green Chambers. At the end, Saraki announced this to the house.
