The Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, has a habit of being late to official functions, causing inconvenience to his colleagues.
Mr Akpabio’s habit of lateness to official functions dates back to when he served as governor of Akwa Ibom between 2007 to 2015 and Minister of Niger Delta Affairs from 2019 to 2022. Fifty-four senators had already taken their seats for an emergency plenary scheduled for 10 a.m. on Monday 6 November 2023 but the Senate President , Godswill Akpabio, who would preside over the session, did not turn up at the chamber until 11:54 a.m.
The votes and proceedings of the emergency plenary stated that it was convened to deliberate on issues of national importance. Mr Akpabio did not even bother to apologise to his colleagues for keeping them waiting for almost two hours. He went straight to his chair, hit the gavel and read the senate prayers as a sign of the commencement of business for the day. The scenario was repeated the following day when the senate president kept his colleagues waiting again at the chamber for one hour and 19 minutes, arriving at the chamber at 11:19 a.m. for the plenar
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