Again, Senate defers Amaechi’s screening

A former governor of Rivers
State, Rotimi Amaechi, will not be
screened by the Senate today as
his name was not listed in the
Order Paper, which gives details
of the business of the day at the
Senate.
This is the third time Mr.
Amaechi’s screening was
suspended by the Senate.
Earlier, the Senate Order Paper
showed names of eight ministerial
nominees billed for screening, but
another paper later emerged
showing only three names of
ministerial nominees.
In the earlier schedule, the names
of Adebayo Shittu, Heineken
Lokpobiri, Rotimi Amaechi,
Khadija Ibrahim, Baba Bwari,
Ocholi James, Mansur Mohammed
and Zainab Ahmed were listed,
while the subsequent paper only
showed the names of Adebayo
Shittu, Khadijat Ibrahim and
Claudius Daramola.
The submission of report of the
Senate Committee on Ethics,
Privileges and Public Petitions on
Mr. Amaechi was also not listed in
the Order Paper.
Last week, the Senate
spokesperson, Dino Melaye, said
Mr. Amaechi would be screened
on Monday as petitions filed
against him would not stop the
Senate from screening him.
Mr. Melaye explained that the
Standing Rule provides that a
petition would not be entertained
when the subject matter was in
the court.
Mr. Amaechi had also written the
Senate, asking the legislative body
to put aside the petition brought
against him.