There was a little bit of a commotion on Wednesday at the plenary, when Bukola Saraki, President of the Senate, during a read of President Muhammadu Buhari’s cover letter on an executive bill mentioned ‘transmission’.
As he made mention of “transmission” the whole room laughed.
The title read, “Transmission of the Deep Offshore and Inland Basin Production Sharing Contracts Amendment Bill 2018.”
Saraki also burst into laughter, forcing him to start reading the letter afresh.”Let me start again,” he said.
Buhari’s letter read, “I forward herewith a draft Deep Offshore and Inland Basin Production Sharing Contracts Amendment Bill 2018 for the kind consideration and passage by the Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, while hoping that the bill will receive the usual expeditious consideration and passage by the distinguished Senate.”
A viral video had shown the Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, struggling to read a speech at the inauguration of the Police Technical Intelligence Unit in Kano, Kano State, in May.
The video showed the IG stuttering over words like “commission” and “transmission.”