Some unnamed senators, under the aegis of the ‘9th Senate Group For Good Governance,’ have accused the leadership of the upper chamber of reneging on its promises during the campaign with regards to Committee assignments.
The accusation was contained in an unsigned message posted to journalists mobile phones on Thursday.
The aggrieved Senators noted that despite their contributions to the emergence of Senator Ahmad Lawan as President of the 9th Senate, the committee assigned to them fell short of their expectations.
The message read in part: “We are some of the senators who contributed our quota in the build up to your emergence as President of the 9th Senate.
“You know very well that those who know you closely did everything possible to dissuade many of us. Many of your opponents raised a lot of questions trying to convince us. We kept away all doubts and vigorously stood by you through thick and thin.
“You promised many of us good committees knowing how hard we tried. Many of us tried to pin you down to specifics but you kept shifting the date of the announcement until the date of our departure for recess.
“When we come back from recess, this issue shall be raised and must be addressed.”
It was gathered that some principal officers visited the homes of some of the aggrieved lawmakers on Wednesday night seeking to make peace.
Meanwhile, the spokesperson for the Senate, Senator Adedayo Adeyeye, said he was not aware of any Senator being dissatisfied with the portfolio given them as he had not received any calls to that effect.
He said: “I believe that everything is in the realm of rumours and I don’t attach much importance to rumours.”
Adeyeye however, appealed to his colleagues who may be dissatisfied with the committees allocated to them to exercise restraint.
