Fellow of the Society of Project Management and Development Professionals International, Prof. Sam Amadi, has opined that there was no big deal in the Senate suspending Abdul Ningi for three months because he has been in the parliament for 17 years.
In an interview with Arise TV Tuesday, Amadi said: “The Senate is self-regulating, and therefore they have procedures to manage themselves.
“It is disgraceful to see the fury in terms of interdicting and prosecuting a senator for statements he made that could be reported by the Senate’s spokesperson.
“I wish they had shown, may be he got some facts wrong, may be the other appropriation for some parastatal agencies that have direct appropriation submission to the Senate.
“The facts that he made those statements may not be true, but it is enough for the Senate to rebut them and for other senators to express anger at the statement, which is normal.
“Even if he made allegations against the presidency and they have responded, I don’t think the spectacle was very useful. Again, it speaks to a form of indolence”.
On what the Senate is missing out on, he said, “These guys left all the real issues affecting the nation and doubled down on basically making a mountain out of a molehill. At the end of the day, he is suspended. I think he basically wanted to be suspended, or he didn’t care.
“Last night, when he came to Arise News and I met him, he sounded like somebody who didn’t care about being suspended.
“He has been there for seventeen years, so a three-month suspension is not a big deal”.
On what the Senate would have done, Amadi said, “I think the Senate should have issued a statement to basically destroy his claims or allowed their media person to hold a press conference so that fellow senators could castigate him and let this slide.
“This spectacle didn’t position the Senate in good light at all”.
