The President of the Senate Dr Bukola Saraki is not happy with his colleagues in parliament because they make too much noise. At plenary on Wednesday he bared his mind on the noisome matter by cautioning some senators to stop making noise during plenary to avoid being walked out of the chamber.
Rather than keep disturbing other senators, he advised those with the gift of noise-making to go to the coffee room if they would not obey the rules of the chamber and keep quiet.
Saraki’s threat followed a point of order by Senator Jubrin Barau pointing the attention of the Senate and its President to the noise making in the chamber while Senator Baba Kaka Garba was making contributions.
He thereafter called on the senators to respect the rules of the plenary by either keeping quiet or going to the coffee room.
“Distinguished colleagues the noise in the chamber is too much. Those who have issues to discuss should go to the coffee room and allow others to contribute so that we will not be forced to walk you out of the chamber,” he said.
The Senate was al always noisy on Wednesday while plenary was on. Attempts by the Senate President to restore order failed as some senators ignored his repeated hitting of the gavel to call the boisterous senators to order.
Shortly after cautioning the lawmakers, Saraki particularly called on Sen. Kabiru Marafa who was full of talking while Senator Garba was speaking to either go to the coffee room or keep quiet if he did not want to contribute to the day’s plenary.
“Senator Marafa if you do not want to contribute you should go to the coffee room and allow others make contributions,” he said.
