Forty-six days after their inauguration as ministers, the Minister of Works, David Umahi, and the Minister of Police Affairs, Ibrahim Geidam, have yet to resign their membership of the Senate.
While responding to why the seats of the two had yet to be declared vacant, the spokesperson of the Senate, Yemi Adaramodu, told our correspondent that the former lawmakers had yet to send in their resignation, making it impossible for the Senate to declare the seats vacant.
“The Senate cannot declare any seat vacant if there is no communication from the former lawmakers about their resignation. There are procedures for these things. It is when they send in their communication that the Senate President will read such communication at the plenary that such seats can now be vacant.
“If there had been any communication from them, I am sure the Senate President would have read it out to Nigerians,” Adaramodu added.
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