This decision followed complaints by Chairman of the Senate Committee on Ethics, Privileges, and Public Petitions, Neda Imasuen, during a plenary session.

Senator Imasuen lamented that several invitations sent to these ministries, agencies, and officials to address petitions filed against them by aggrieved Nigerians or corporate bodies had been ignored repeatedly.

Imasuen, in a motion, expressed frustration over the refusal of these officials to honor the Senate’s invitations and called on the Senate to authorize the issuance of arrest warrants.

Senate President Godswill Akpabio promptly granted the request, citing Section 89 of the 1999 Constitution, which empowers the Senate to take such action.

Following the Senate’s mandate, Senator Imasuen announced that fresh letters of invitation had been sent to the affected officials, warning that arrest warrants would be issued if they failed to appear.