The Senate has ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to conduct the elections for the senatorial seats for Rivers state in the upper chambers before December 10, 2016.
The Senate threatened that should the INEC fail to conduct the elections, the Senate would stop seating.
Senate has gone tough on INEC over empty Rivers senatorial seats
According to the senators, it is unfair that the year is almost out and Rivers has not had a say in legislative matters debated on the floor of the Red chamber.
The point of order was raised by deputy senate president Ike Ekweremadu, who called the attention of the Senate to pending elections and failure of INEC to act accordingly.
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Senate majority leader Ali Ndume agreed that INEC was not acting properly.
“It could be any of us as in the case of River State, imagine a state like mine ravaged by insurgency without a representation.
“We have a new leadership in INEC and yet the case has either recorded inconclusive and sometimes Confusion “ Ndume said.
Senate president Bukola Saraki admitted that the move was very crucial for democracy in Nigeria.
He said: “This is a very important motion targeted to improve our democracy we will go with the information from the INEC Committee
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