By Musa Baba Adamu
The Chairman, Senate Committee and Public Affairs, Sen Yemi Adaranmodu has denied there was fight over seat allocation to Senators in the refurbished Senate chamber yesterday.
Clearing the air after some national dailies carried of report of rowdy session at the resumed seating by the Senators over seating arrangement, Sen. Adaranmodu said there was no truth in that.
He said: There was no disagreement, rancor or any verbal tirade in respect of the seating arrangements in the Senate chamber. The Senate resumes today in the newly renovated chamber and the seating positions of Senators were done in accordance to the established Legislative protocols.
“It’s pertinent to know that rankings of Senators and leadership positions are considered. All legislators all over the world know and accept this tradition. The new arrangements in the chamber today did not depart from this.
“Every Senator is thus considered based on this Legislative tradition, hence there couldn’t be any confusion over seating arrangements. Senators have been observing this seating protocols, even in the temporary chamber, hence the unfounded story of a phantom fight over seating arrangements is an unscrupulous attempt to drag the image of the Senate into an unnecessary and needless controversy.
“The general public should disregard this odious song of sorrow from these incorrigible wholesalers and retailers of falsehood.”
