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Nigerians debate senate matters like commentators arguing Messi and Ronaldo, says Akpabio

Senate President Godswill Akpabio has criticised those commenting on the affairs of the upper legislative chamber, likening their arguments to football fans debating Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo.

Speaking in Abuja on Friday while receiving a delegation of youth leaders from the Niger Delta region, Akpabio expressed concerns over what he described as “uninformed public commentary” on senate matters.

His remarks followed the controversy surrounding the suspension of Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, the Kogi central lawmaker.

Akpabio said that the senate’s decision was in line with its standing rules and internal disciplinary processes.

“You should try to go and know the facts before you start running commentaries on television,” Akpabio said.

“If you have not studied the Bible or have nothing to do with Christianity, you cannot claim to know the Bible more than the Pope. In the same vein, if you are not an Imam, you cannot begin to quote the Quran.

“But you see people who are not well-informed sitting down, just like they do as football commentators, saying, ‘Ronaldo should have come from the left to score’, or ‘If you were Messi, you would have kicked from the centre’. Then, they do commentaries on television.

“But when it comes to matters of the hallowed chamber of the National Assembly, you cannot begin to quote what you have never seen.

“When people are not well informed about the procedures yet begin to debate provisions they don’t understand, sometimes it worries me.

“So we advise of the public to desist from running commentaries on things that they do not know, misquoting the rules of the senate.”

He said the senate has its own mechanism for resolving issues, adding that Akpoti-Uduaghan’s matter has already been settled in line with the rules.

Jonathan Lokpobiri, president of the Ijaw Youth Council, who led the delegation, had earlier expressed concerns about developments in the Senate but assured Akpabio of the Niger Delta region’s .

https://www.thecable.ng/extra-nigerians-debate-senate-matters-like-commentators-arguing-messi-and-ronaldo-says-akpabio/

Mr Akpabio should just pipe down, he has tarnished the image of the Senate with his sordid and unconscionable behavior

Oríṣiríṣi, ibi aiyé bá báni là tí njẹ o

This frog is disgusting. I blame Ebola for harboring him

This guy is not fit to be even the WhatsApp of a local vigilante group.. he talks anyhow.

He no lie na.
Useless folks go dey brag up and down

Okay

Dis man dey talk 2 much...
Make him focus on chasing women up n down..

Something in me is telling me that if you dig deep into this Natasha case with senate president,you go find something.

With all due respect sir, you talk too much.

This guy don sabi how to make ipob cannibals gnash teeth…

If you sabi ipob cannibals well, once they start putting eyes on you, keep winning and keep giving them hot hot something to gnash teeth about 😂

If not for Tinubu, you be in prison man. Talking like an Agbero.

obinnajohnson:
With all due respect sir, you talk too much.

shut up there.

Very useless uncut man

OK ,




Princess Faith Chukwu

Nigerians are just categorically stupid.

People posting I stand with this and that”

Yet the matter Dey court.

Nigerian youths are very stupid.

Akpabio doesn't speak honorable talk more like a distinguish, he should learn from Saraki, he talks like a man that sell vegetables in the market.

Badexx:
Very useless uncut man

just like that your igbo paxx

Is he lying?

Una just Dey mumu

sHAKIN MY HEAD

tomwee:
Akpabio doesn't speak honorable talk more like a distinguish, he should learn from Saraki, he talks like a man that sell vegetables in the market.

you and saraki d ment!

This man is not fit to be the SP. He's just favoured. He should have been in the prison, if he didn't decamp from the PDP to the APC.

Czarugo007:
Something in me is telling me that if you dig deep into this Natasha case with senate president,you go find something.

Till now you can use your head to find cue?

She said she was moved from IOC committee chair.

Then she said, in her petition that the SP refused to take Kogi as LNG based referencing it should be in Niger delta.

Una no de reason.

I can't just figure a responsible fellow in this Tinubu istration.


The odds are up against Nigeria development at this period.

I tire ooh

ERORR404:
This guy is not fit to be even the WhatsApp of a local vigilante group.. he talks anyhow.

Just like him said,this is not messi and Ronaldo issue.

chibnnodi:
This man is not fit to be the SP. He's just favoured. He should have been in the prison, if he didn't decamp from the PDP to the APC.

he’s more of a politician than all politicians in the south east. Take it to the bank.

chibnnodi:
This man is not fit to be the SP. He's just favoured. He should have been in the prison, if he didn't decamp from the PDP to the APC.

May I be favored ooo.
Abi you don’t want to become senate president? You don’t want any of your family to be senate president ?

You are a very useless man

Yes that's right and we have the right