The Senate on Tuesday threatened to pass a resolution urging President Goodluck Jonathan to sack ministers who make unguarded statements capable of undermining the legislature.
Specifically, President of the Senate David Mark described Minister of Information, Mr. Labaran Maku as a “careless talker.”
He said this while reacting to a statement credited to Maku. The Information Minister was quoted as saying, at the heat of the debate on the N5000 note, that resolutions of the Senate were not binding on the Presidency.
Mark, who spoke during a debate on the menace of flooding in the country, warned that henceforth any minister who smears the reputation of the legislature would attract its wrath.
The Senate President said, “Maku is a careless talker; he does not think properly before he talks. Maku cannot educate us but we are to educate him.
“The President should caution him and the President must call his ministers to order. Next time a minister talks any how about the Senate, we shall take a resolution that such a minister be removed.”
In another development, the Senate after an exhaustive debate on the menace of flooding, resolved to urge Jonathan to forward a supplementary budget to address the immediate needs of flood victims across the country.
The Senate also passed a resolution, urging the Federal Government to come up with a standard procedure to address future flood disasters.
Senator Smart Adeyemi (PDP, Kogi West) whose constituency is affected by the overflowing of River Benue, said National Emergency Managing Agency lacked the capacity to tackle the magnitude of the current disaster.
He explained that nine local governments in Kogi State were affected by the flooding with 1.9 million people displaced and farmlands destroyed.
Contributing, Senator George Thomson-Sekibo raised the alarm that the nation’s food supply was at risk, saying many of the affected areas were the nation’s staple food producers
Mark, who spoke during a debate on the menace of flooding in the country, warned that henceforth any minister who smears the reputation of the legislature would attract its wrath.
The Senate President said, “Maku is a careless talker; he does not think properly before he talks. Maku cannot educate us but we are to educate him.
“The President should caution him and the President must call his ministers to order. Next time a minister talks any how about the Senate, we shall take a resolution that such a minister be removed.”
In another development, the Senate after an exhaustive debate on the menace of flooding, resolved to urge Jonathan to forward a supplementary budget to address the immediate needs of flood victims across the country.
The Senate also passed a resolution, urging the Federal Government to come up with a standard procedure to address future flood disasters.
Senator Smart Adeyemi (PDP, Kogi West) whose constituency is affected by the overflowing of River Benue, said National Emergency Managing Agency lacked the capacity to tackle the magnitude of the current disaster.
He explained that nine local governments in Kogi State were affected by the flooding with 1.9 million people displaced and farmlands destroyed.
Contributing, Senator George Thomson-Sekibo raised the alarm that the nation’s food supply was at risk, saying many of the affected areas were the nation’s staple food producers
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