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A motion to honor the late Prof. Humphrey Nwosu was the subject of a heated debate in the Senate on Wednesday, which caused tense exchanges among the members before being ultimately rejected.

Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe raised the motion, which was co-sponsored by members of the minority caucus, primarily from the South-East, under the theme of “urgent need to immortalize Professor Humphrey Nwosu’s contributions and brave defense of the democratic electoral process during the 1993 presidential elections.

Senator Opeyemi Bamidele, the leader of the Senate, raised a motion of order just as Senator Abaribe began to present the motion, alleging that lawmakers had not received copies of the motion, a procedural blunder, but Senator Abaribe disputed that the documents were available. The chamber became agitated as a result of the disagreement.

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Senator Barau Jibrin, the session’s deputy president, noted that the motion was contentious and that the public had differed regarding Prof. Nwosu’s involvement in the presidential election that was postponed on June 12, 1993.

He claims that it’s “controversial.” Some view him as one of the six people who cut June 12, and others call him a “hero of democracy”

The “nays” had the day when the motion was ultimately put to a voice vote, effectively rejecting the idea.

The Senate Leader, who explained that the time has passed for that, furthering the escalating tensions, rejected Senator Abaribe’s attempts to reintroduce the motion under various procedural orders.

A clearly irritable Abaribe questioned the merits of an honoring Nwosu motion. What’s wrong with this motion, he asked? Why would Prof. Nwosu be immortalized?

Senators Yahaya Abdullahi and Senator Abaribe both warned against creating a “dangerous precedent” that would prevent lawmakers from bringing up important issues.

“We must allow speakers to speak.” If we don’t, he said, “We are saying that whenever things go wrong, we can’t fix them,” he said.

However, the deputy senator president responded by pointing out differences in Abaribe’s procedural language, saying, “You approached me to bring the motion under Order 50 and 51, but you later changed it to Order 42. Senator Abaribe is advised to resubmit his motion on the upcoming legislative date by saying, “This is a process.”

Senators from the South-East who were criticized for the motion’s rejection publicly, including Senators Victor Umeh and Patrick Ndubaeze. He raged, “What is the meaning of this?” and asked, “What is the meaning of this?” This is not how we can continue to operate. How are things going? ‘.

On Wednesday, the House of Representatives approved 42 constitutional amendment bills for second reading.

The bill that would remove the vice president’s, governors, and their deputies’ immunity from prosecution would be one of the bills that would improve accountability in public office, combat corruption, and promote impunity.

This came after 39 bills for constitutional amendments passed the green chamber on Tuesday for second reading.

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Among the notable suggestions that came up for second reading on Wednesday are:

A bill to amend the Federal Republic of Nigeria’s Constitution to increase accountability in public office, reduce impunity, and remove the president’s immunity from the vice president, governors, and their deputies, and to end corruption.

A bill to change the Federal Republic of Nigeria’s Constitution to separate the minister of justice from the governor of a state and the commissioner for justice from the governor of a state.

The minimum number of youths and women who can be appointed to specific positions are specified in a bill for an act to change the provisions of the Federal Republic of Nigeria’s Constitution of 1999 to grant citizenship to spouses of women from Nigeria.

The bills that would create Ijebu, Ife-Ijesa, Tiga, Orlu, and Etiti were also introduced.

In Nigeria and Uganda, MTN Group and Airtel Africa have come to a mutual agreement to share mobile network infrastructure. &nbsp,

The agreement, according to the duo’s statements on Wednesday, aims to reduce investments while maintaining service coverage.

Although there is still a lot of demand for digital and financial services in Africa, network construction and maintenance is expensive, especially for fast 5G connections.

Additionally, the businesses stated that they would look into potential business opportunities in other nations, including Congo-Brazzaville, Rwanda, and Zambia.

The majority of the costs in network deployment and operation are covered by radio access network sharing, they continued, along with commercial and technical agreements for sharing of fibre infrastructure and, if necessary, fiber network construction.

The companies stated that “this engagement does not prevent the parties from collaborating with other operators in any particular market.”

According to MTN Group CEO Ralph Mupita, “We are driven by the vision of delivering digital solutions that drive Africa’s progress,” in a statement.

“Across our markets, there is still a strong structural demand for digital and financial services. To provide our customers with high-quality connectivity, we continue to invest in coverage and capacity to meet this demand.

However, there are opportunities for sharing resources within regulatory frameworks to increase efficiency and increase returns.

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Sunil Taldar, the CEO of Airtel Africa, claimed the agreement would prevent costly infrastructure from being duplicated.