Akpabio, Oshiomhole clash over Fasina’s confirmation as ambassador

There was flimsy play successful the Senate on Thursday as Senate President Godswill Akpabio and Senator Adams Oshiomhole disagreed implicit the confirmation of Professor Abayomi Fasina arsenic a non-career ambassadorial designate amid intersexual harassment allegations against him.

The disagreement arose erstwhile Oshiomhole argued that endorsing a nominee facing intersexual harassment allegations would nonstop the incorrect message, peculiarly to Nigerian women.

“Nigerian women person brought to the attraction of this Senate that the prof successful question has been accused by 2 women, not conscionable orally, and these issues are pending earlier antithetic courts. I deliberation the wide presumption is that cipher says helium is guilty; helium is presumed to beryllium guiltless until proven guilty. But, arsenic a substance of sensitivity, for the Senate to endorse a antheral who faces cases similar that would magnitude to being insensitive to the feelings of women due to the fact that it’s not conscionable 1 woman; determination are 2 women making antithetic allegations.

“So, I thought that successful matters similar this, it would beryllium much p...