The President of the Nigeria Senate, Dr Bukola Saraki has finally opened up on the Senate’s decision calling for the sacking of Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, Mr Babachir Lawal for being a director of Global Vision Engineering Limited, a company awarded the contract to clear grass in Yobe at N200m despite being an IT company.

“The issue here is very serious because it borders on the integrity of this institution. Matters as serious as this should never be personalised. Yesterday, when we heard the president, the number one citizen of this country humbly telling us he is seeking cooperation of the National Assembly, and how can his Secretary tell us we are talking rubbish.”

“The two conversations are not on the same page. We must protect this institution and it is not the kind of language and it is out of order if somebody has been accused of something, the way we should respond, and for him to say we are speaking rubbish, I think he is personslising the issues.”