'CONFERENCE HALL'- SENATORS COMPLAIN OVER POOR QUALITY OF RECONSTRUCTED SENATE CHAMBER. (PHOTO).
‘Conference Hall’ – Senators complain over poor quality of reconstructed Senate Chamber Senators on Tuesday expressed anger over the condition of the reconstructed Chamber, which they described as a ‘mere conference room’. Controversy has trailed the refurbished Senate Chambers since plenary resumed in the facility last week. Last Tuesday’s plenary was trailed by confusion as some Senators quarreled over sitting arrangements in the renovated chamber. During plenary on Tuesday, complaints over the standard of the Chambers led to a rowdy session which lasted for about 15 minutes and eventually forced the Senate into executive session. The Chief Whip of the Senate and lawmaker representing Borno South, Ali Ndume, who raised the issues through Order 42 of the Senate Standing Rules, said, “What is supposed to be a Chamber, has been turned into a Conference Hall”, a development which he said is not acceptable. “Mr President, I rise to make disturbing observations on this supposedly renovate
Yesterday sunday,the Nigeria army said that they rescued 178 people held captives by the Islamist militant group Boko Haram in Borno state.Spokesman Colonel Tukur Gusau said in an emailed statement that 101 of the those freed were children,67 were women and the rest were men.He added that a Boko Haram commander had also been captured and several militant camps were cleared around the town of Bama,about 70 km south east of the state capital Maiduguri..Nigeria's airforce also said that it helped ground troops repel an attack by Boko Haram around the village of Bitta on the southern edge of the Sambisa forest reserved,a stronghold of the militant group.Bitta is also west of Gwoza,a town near the Cameroonian border that was believed to be the militants headquarters until a major offensive was launched earlier this year by combined Nigeria,Nigerian and Chadian forces.
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