Who is blackmailing whom?

Vanguard

8 March 2011

Senate Fails to Form Quorum, Postpones Passage of PIB Bill

THE Senate has shelved the passage of Petroleum Industry Bill to Tuesday, March 15, after failing to form a quorum yesterday. Deputy Senate President, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, who presided over the debate in the absence of Senate President, David Mark, said the Senate would not be blackmailed into passing the bill by protesting charlatans.

Senator Ekweremadu, remarking after the submission of the report of the Senate Joint Committee on PIB by Senator Lee Maeba, however, gave the assurance that the bill would be passed before the end of the sixth Senate.

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Senator Anyim Ude, PDP, Ebonyi urged the senate to expedite action on the PIB before the expiration of the sixth senate in order to ward off harassment from Nigerians.

He said: "I agree that the bill should be passed before the end of live of the senate because of the sheer blackmail we are receiving. We should fix a day to pass it, I feel some people are doing something funny with the bill."