At the plenary on Wednesday, Elumelu raised a point of order to demand that the House should act on the issue. The Minority Leader said, “Mr Speaker, I have a ‘privilege’ point of order under Order 6 Rules 1 and 2. Meanwhile, the Chairman of the House Committee on Navy, Yusuf Gagdi, has faulted critics of the National Assembly for approving Pantami’s ministerial nomination. While it is the Senate that confirms cabinet appointments, the lawmaker stated that the National Assembly only acts on security clearance by the Department of State Services. The lawmaker partly said, “I will not say that the DSS and the National Assembly acted in error.

Source: Punch April 22, 2021 00:56 UTC