The Senate yesterday reacted to allegations by the House of Representatives that the red chamber has persistently delayed in granting concurrence to most legislative initiatives emanating from the green chamber.
Refuting the allegation, the Senate noted that it would never joke with any legislative initiative or request from the House of Representatives, revealing that it considered at least six of such concurrence bills just last week.
President of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio and Leader of the Senate, Senator Opeyemi Bamidele made the clarifications during plenary on Tuesday.
The House of Representatives had resolved to suspend further consideration of bills originating from the Senate, citing persistent delays in the red chamber’s concurrence to House-passed legislation.
The lower chamber also accused the Senate of deliberately stalling the legislative process, citing its failure to act on over 140 bills passed by the House of Representatives, many of which were sponsored by the Speaker, Abbas Tajudeen.
However, at yesterday’s plenary, both Akpabio and Bamidele rejected the claims of the House of Representatives, revealing that the Senate considered at least six concurrence bills that emanated from the green chamber in the immediate past week.
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