The Senate plenary on Wednesday turned rowdy when the Minority Leader, Senator Biodun Olujimi alleged that the Social Intervention Programme of the Federal Government, which was introduced by the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration has been politicised.
Olujimi alleged that beneficiaries
of the programme were being asked to provide details of their Permanent Voter
Card in the application form.
While presenting a copy of the form,
she further alleged that ‘I Stand with Buhari’ was written on it.
Before the Majority Leader, Senator
Ahmad Lawan, who defended the Buhari-led administration and the programme could
speak, the chamber had become noisy as the All Progressives Congress and the
Peoples Democratic Party exchanged words across the divide.
The APC lawmakers also forced the
Senate to resolve that the SURE-P policy of the immediate past PDP government
led by former President Goodluck Jonathan be probed.
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