Oshiomhole Calls on Akpabio to Resign as Senate Withdraws Controversial Standing Orders Amendment
Senator Adams Oshiomhole, representing Edo North, has publicly called on Senate President Godswill Akpabio to resign, citing what he describes as a "moral crisis" at the heart of a proposed amendment to the Senate Standing Orders. The amendment, which sought to alter the rules governing the election of presiding and principal officers in the upper chamber, has since been withdrawn following a motion by Senate Leader Opeyemi Bamidele, authorized by Deputy Senate President Jubril Barau. The now-withdrawn amendment would have required senators to have served eight consecutive years before becoming eligible to contest for the position of Senate President. The previous rules had already narrowed the field significantly, limiting eligibility to senators who had served two terms, with one of those terms being the term immediately preceding the nomination. The proposed change would have raised that bar even higher. And that is precisely where Oshiomhole's argument cuts deepest. S...
