Senators erupt in laughter as ‘transmission’ is mentioned in Buhari’s letter

A letter from President Muhammadu Buhari which
was read during the Senate’s plenary on Wednesday,
June 6, led to mild drama in the red chamber.
The letter on an executive bill, which was read
out by Senate president Bukola Saraki evoked
laughter from senators because of the mention of
“transmission” in its title, Punch reports.

adegokblog .com gathers that it was titled, Transmission
of the Deep Offshore and Inland Basin
Production Sharing Contracts Amendment Bill
2018.
Upon reading the title, the Senate president also
burst into laughter, before saying, “ let me start
again .”
The president’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.”


Recall that adegokblog.com previously reported that a
video of the inspector-general of Police, Ibrahim
Idris, purportedly struggling to read, surfaced
online.
The incident reportedly occurred on Monday,
May 14, when the Police chief visited Kano to
commission the Police Technical Intelligenc