Why we cleared Obanikoro — Mark

 In a statement issued by his spokesman Kola Ologbondiyan, Mark said the upper chamber complied with all laid down rules and procedures in confirming Obanikoro.“We will like to state without any form of ambiguity that the president of the senate complied with all the legislative practices and procedures in the confirmation of all the ministerial […]

 In a statement issued by his spokesman Kola Ologbondiyan, Mark said the upper chamber complied with all laid down rules and procedures in confirming Obanikoro.
“We will like to state without any form of ambiguity that the president of the senate complied with all the legislative practices and procedures in the confirmation of all the ministerial nominees that appeared before the senate,” the statement said.
Mark argued that he found it strange that those who hold contrary views have laid claims to the tradition of the senate that where three senators are opposed to a nominee, such a nominee is automatically disqualified and cannot be confirmed by the senate.
“It is important to state that the senate found herself in a situation where two of its traditions were in conflict. There exists a tradition of permitting nominees that had served as senators or member of the House of Representatives of the Federal Republic to take a bow and go without being questioned,” he added in the statement.
He however, admitted that the senate also has a tradition of stopping any nominee who fails to secure at least two of the three senators. He said where the senate was faced with this conflict, the option available to the president of the senate, as the presiding officer was to put the question to the floor and rule applicably.