The floor of the House of Representatives was thrown into commotion on Monday, May 16, 2016, when Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Ibe Kachikwu, was prevented from being questioned on the recent hike in pump price of petrol.
Kachikwu was directed to appear before the House on Monday, which he honoured, but as soon as the lawmaker sighted him, they started to shout ‘no’, ‘no’.
Even when Leader of the House, Femi Gbajabiamila, moved a motion to let the Minister into the chamber, he was shouted down.
This forced the Speaker, Yakubu Dogara, to put the matter up for voice vote, but despite having majority of his colleagues say “nays”, Dogara gave it to the few “ayes” votes.
However, this did not stop the lawmakers from allowing Kachikwu to be questioned.
