THE Senate has rescinded on its resolution that the Minister of Aviation, Ms. Stella Oduah, appear and brief it at plenary on recurring air crashes in the country.

The rescission followed a motion by Senate Leader Victor Ndoma-Egba, titled: Rescission of Senate Resolution on the Invitation of the Minister of Aviation to Brief the Senate.

The motion was seconded by Deputy Minority Whip Ganiyu Solomon.

Before he read the motion, Ndoma-Egba had invoked Order 53, Rule 6 of Senate Standing Orders (as amended), which states: “It shall be out of order to attempt to reconsider any specific question upon which the Senate has come to a conclusion during the current session except upon a substantive motion for rescission.”

Armed with the order, Ndoma-Egba recalled that on October 8, the Senate, among others, resolved to invite the Minister of Aviation and Chief Executives of the Aviation corporations to brief it on the state of the Aviation sector and the high number of Aviation incidents in the country.

He added that the Senate, at its Executive Session, resolved that the briefing (by the minister) be held before the Senate Committee on Aviation.

The Senate Leader prayed the Senate to rescind its earlier resolution that Ms Oduah and the CEOs of the Aviation corporations brief the Senate at plenary.

Ndoma-Egba also urged the Senate to resolve that the Minister of Aviation and CEOs of Aviation corporations brief its Committee on Aviation on the state of the sector and high number of Aviation incidents in the country.

The two prayers were unanimously adopted.