Sen. Godiya Akwashiki, Chairman Senate Committee on Media and Public Affairs, says the motion on \u201cVote of Confidence in the Senate\u201d that was stood down on Wednesday has nothing to do with any crisis in the upper chamber.<\/p>\n
He stated this while answering questions from news men in Abuja.<\/p>\n
The motion which was listed on the Senate\u2019s Order Paper of Wednesday was stood down by the President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan during plenary.<\/p>\n
The motion was sponsored by Sen. Kashim Shettima (APC-Borno Central).<\/p>\n
Akwashiki said that there was no crisis in the red chamber and as such there was nothing to worry about the vote of confidence in the leadership of the Senate which was stood down.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is a vote of confidence and not a vote of no confidence. A vote of confidence is moved when members of a group are in support or in total agreement with the leadership.<\/p>\n
\u201cI see no big deal in the motion being stood down. I want us to exercise patience and wait for the day that the motion would be mentioned on the floor of the Senate.<\/p>\n
\u201cI won\u2019t speak further on it because it is a vote of confidence. I would speak more if it was a vote of no confidence and the Senate president decided to use his power as presiding officer to stand down the motion.<\/p>\n
\u201cThose who are moving the vote of confidence are in total support of the leadership, so it is not a serious issue.<\/p>\n
\u201cOn the 36 senators comprising 25 APC and 11 PDP members listed as co-sponsors of the motion, it is a normal thing.<\/p>\n
\u201cAll of us are in total agreement of the motion but we cannot all have our names in the motion.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf all of us should put our names on the list, then it\u2019s no longer a motion. Our loyalty to the leadership is total and complete,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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