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Senator Faults Colleagues on Labour Bill From Kola Ologbondiyan in Abuja Vice Chairman, Senate Committee on Banking, Insurance and Other Financial Institutions' Senator Farouk Bunza-Bello, yesterday reviewed the passage of the labour bill by the upper legislative house and said the body had endangered democracy. Bunza-Bello also expressed his commitment to work with other Senators to either institute a legal action in court to nullify the purported passage of the bill or commence an impeachment process against the current leadership of the Senate. But the Senate President, Chief Adolphus Wabara, in a swift response signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Chief Henry Ugbolue, noted that, none of the senators present during the passage of the bill opposed the series of voice votes that were taken on the floor while the bill was being considered clause by clause. Bunza-Bello, who said he was "shocked and terrified by the hasty passage of the labour bill," further stated that, "I despairingly looked at the situation where as a Senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, my vote or stand on the issue of such national importance together with majority of other Senators sharing the same view with me does not seem to matter. However, Wabara, in maintaining that due process was followed, explained that "when the bill was considered (clause by clause)and read the third time, 36 Senators were in the Senate Chamber. This of course was one Senator more than the constitutionally approved quorum of 35 Senators. "Even Senator Uche Chukwumerije who raised issues about the "speedy" passage of the bill confirmed on the floor of the Senate that due process was followed. "On the floor of the Senate on this day, no Senator raised the issue of quorum. Neither did any Senator opposed series of voice votes that were taken on the floor while the bill was being considered clause by clause. It is a statement of fact also that no Senator raised objection when the President of the Senate asked that the bill be read the third time. Who Are We ? | About THISDAYOnLine.com | THISDAY People | Contact Us © Copyright 2000 Leaders & Company Limited

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