Abuja – Members of the House of Representatives were on Monday, divided over the hike of fuel price from N86.50k to N145 per litre by the Federal Government.
This followed a motion by the House leader, Rep. Femi Gbajabiamila, to admit the Minister of State for Petroleum, Mr Ibe kachikwu into the chamber for an interactive session on the new fuel price regime.
The Speaker of the House , Mr Yakubu Dogara, put the admittance of the minister to a voice vote and the nays had it but the Speaker ruled in favour of the ayes.
The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) members who had the nays promptly rose and chanted “all we are saying save Nigeria” as they waved the country’s flags and prevented Kachikwu from coming into the chamber, making the rowdy session lasting for about 30 minutes.
The speaker described the development as the beauty of democracy before yielding the floor to the Minority Leader, Rep. Leo Ogor, to move that the House go into an executive session, which was adopted through a voice vote.
