Sen. Bala Ibn-Na’Allah, the Deputy Leader of the Senate,  says that only a letter from President Buhari, can be read on the floor of the Senate or the House of Representatives.

Na’Allah explained to journalists on Tuesday, June 30, that this was the reason why the letter written by the leadership of the All Progressives Congress to the National Assembly could not be read.

The Senator stated thus:

“A lot of people do not understand; as a member of the National Assembly, the moment you step into the National Assembly, you either take the Bible or the Quran; and then you subscribe to the oath of allegiance and then take your oath of office. The oath of office says that you will uphold, protect and defend the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and the Law and then the Rules of the Senate.

“Outside these three documents, (a) senator does not have any leverage to do anything; there is no other document outside these three. And then if you carefully look at the rules of the Senate, the only letters that can be read on the floor of the House should a letter from Mr President. And that is the convention not only in Nigeria, but in all other parliaments all over the world.

I have not seen any issue here; it is just that people are trying to overheat the polity without knowing what the process is all about”.

Kolapo Olapoju