The
Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs on Tuesday resorted to the use of a
lamp following a power outage during the screening of the 46 non-career
ambassadorial nominees.
Senate committe screening ambassadorial nominees with a lamp
Following a power outage during the screening of the 46 non-career
ambassadorial nominees sent to the Nigerian Senate by President
Muhammadu Buhari for legislative approval, the Senate Committee on
Foreign Affairs, on Tuesday, resorted to the use of a lamp.
According to Punch newspaper, the power outage drama played out at
the venue of the screening when power supply to the New Building section
of the National Assembly Complex went out at 12:13pm when the sixth
nominee was before the committee, and it lasted over one hour.
The power cut had affected legislative activities in the building
as several committees holding budget defence sessions for ministries,
departments and agencies suspended their activities until power was
restored at about 1:15pm.
But the Committee on Foreign Affairs continued with the screening
exercise, which forced its secretariat to put on a lamp for officials
who were taking the minutes of the proceeding.
Cameramen from media organisations, who were not armed with lamps
in anticipation of the blackout, were seen using their phones’
torchlight to provide light for their shots.
The nominees included politicians, retired military officers, retired judges, among others.
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