ABUJA — The
intrigues that shadowed the confirmation hearing of the 36 ministerial nominees
reached an anti-climax yesterday when all but one senator in the Peoples
Democratic Party, PDP caucus walked out to protest the confirmation of former
governor of Rivers State, Rotimi Amaechi, as minister.
WALK-OUT—PDP Senators, led by Senate Minority Leader and ex-Akwa Ibom governor, Godswill Akpabio (left), walking out of the Senate Chamber to register their opposition to confirmation of ex-Governor Rotimi Amaechi as minister by the Senate, yesterday. Photo: Gbemiga Olamikan. |
Besides Amaechi, 17 other ministerial nominees were also confirmed by the Senate in a session that was dramatically sketched in partisan political hues.
Responding to the spirit of unanimity APC senators brought to bear in the confirmation of Amaechi, one of the drivers of the party’s victorious presidential campaign, the APC, yesterday said it was indicative of the fact that all internal crises in the party were now in the past.
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