PHOTO:Jubilations in the Nigerian House of Reps, as house moved to suspend and investigate Honourable Jibrin on the alleged 2016 National Budget padding

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Nigerian Senate today at a special session discussed the current economic recession the country is facing and calls for immediate solution to the problem...

There  were calls by the senators calling against the sale of ‘Nigerian assets’ stating that those calling for the sale of these assets, are the billionaires in the country and partners outside the country, who in turns, buy these national assets, then enslave Nigerians with it.

The likes of Senator Ndume and Melaye and the Deputy Senate President calls for the immediate removal of the Finance Minister stating she lacks the experience and knowledge to manage the portfolio and take Nigeria out the current economic situation...the disagreements between the Finance Minister and the Central Bank of Nigeria as to whether to increase or reduce interest rate was also looked at, with some senators insisting that there is clearly a dis-unity within the President's economic team...as is a very dangerous thing, which the president must address urgently.,..


Some of the senators also calls for a stop in the blame game, and deliberate on the way out for Nigeria as a country, pointing issues such as the TSA and Interest rate as some of the things the government has to revisit if the country is serious on solving the economic hardship currently being experienced by Nigerians...

Also, in the House of Representatives, there was a motion by a member of the house, to look into the allegation of the Chairman of Appropriation Honourable Jibrin, on the issue of Budget padding... The motion suggest that the matter should be probe by the ethics committee, and until then, the honourable member should be suspended from the House, pending the report of the committee on the matter...

The motion received a unanimous yes votes by almost all the members in the house, and this has led to disruption in the house with the Speaker struggling to keep order...The story is still developing .as both houses (senate and Reps) are Presently live on session...more updates to come...


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