The Senate has amended its orders to stop first-term Senators from contesting for the position of Senate President and Deputy Senate President.
The amendment of this rule follows a motion moved by the Senate Leader Senator Opeyemi Bamidele during a plenary session on Tuesday, October 3.
According to the Senate, the new amendment to the standing orders of the Senate, first-term senators are now excluded from those qualified or eligible to contest for the position of presiding officers of the upper chamber.
Rule 3 of the Senate Standing Orders as amended now stipulates that any senator wishing to contest for the position of the Senate President and Deputy Senate President must have spent a minimum of one term in the Senate.
This is in reaction to the tussle that went on during the swearing-in of lawmakers in the 10th Senate a few months ago when Senator Abdulaziz Yari, a first-term Senator contested against Senator Godswill Akpabio for the position of Senate President.
The Senate stated that they presently have 74 Standing Committees.
