The National Democratic Coalition, NADECO, in the USA has called on Senate President Godswill Akpabio to resign over his alleged lacklustre handling of the affairs of the upper chamber.
The Coalition claimed that Akpabio, who they said was planted as the Senate President by President Bola Tinubu, has completely subjugated his colleagues under the executive and eroded the independence and integrity of the legislature in Nigeria.
The Executive Director of NADECO USA, Mr. Lloyd Ukwu, in a statement issued today, accused Akpabio of showing absolute disdain for the Standing Rules of the Senate as regards the order of proceedings, vibrant debates during plenary and thorough scrutiny of executive communications and bills.
To this end, Ukwu called on Senators to urgently commence impeachment proceedings against Akpabio “for making the upper chamber a laughing stock through naivety, immaturity and eagerness to please the executive, irrespective of the repercussions of his actions on the Senate as an institution and democratic governance in Nigeria.”
Ukwu insisted that should Akpabio fail to resign or Senators fail to impeach him, NADECO USA would have no option but to mobilise its members in the USA and Nigerians in the diaspora for a mass action to ensure that he vacates office.
