Reactions As Senator Sani Musa Struggles To Define ‘Harmonize’ At Senate Plenary [Video]

A moment in the Nigerian Senate quickly became a trending topic after Senator Sani Musa, representing Niger East, was caught off guard when asked to define the word “harmonize” during a plenary session.

A video from the primary session on Thursday shows the moment the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, posed the question, but Senator Sani Musa couldn’t give a clear answer.

He hesitated, stumbled over his words, and eventually sat down without a proper explanation.

The video has gone viral on social media, drawing widespread reactions from Nigerians, with most of them expressing disappointment, saying it was shameful that someone who helps make national laws couldn’t explain a basic word.

Some questioned how such individuals get elected, while others blamed the overreliance on speechwriters who don’t properly prepare the lawmakers. A few viewers pointed out that the senator could have simply looked up the word instead of trying to fake his way through it.

@BlakKTerMinaTor wrote: “See people wey dey lead us. Does he Akpabio know the meaning?why is senate pres.ruling all these elected officials like himself as his subjects?”

@Seyimi_auto wrote: “Naa ppl whey Dey write speech for his people without lecture them I blame how will you write something for someone without telling him the meaning”

@Caustiq_ wrote: “Funnier and yet disturbing when you take into consideration that he was probably the one who used that word and was asked to explain in it in the context he used it. That is how they bring rubbish bills to the house written by someone else and they don’t even understand it.”

@ArcaSewakanu wrote: “See the caliber of people making law for Nigeria? How did you expect the country to move forward with these set of people? How can this type of person understand the implication of any policy document? Who did we offend? For how long can we continue like this?”

@enyinyidaniel wrote: “See people making laws for over 2 million Nigerian. A lot of people shouldn’t even be in senate and politics at large”

@emmarnoel wrote: “I don’t see a problem here. As a senator, you’re permitted to refer to documents to gain and give clarity. He could’ve simply referred to a dictionary but No he wanted to appear smart. “Harmonize is a situation where….” Harmonise isn’t a situation boss.”

@amdondadah wrote: “I’m not even surprised. Its glaring who we voted for to represent us. One of the implications of nepotism is having incapable hands to ruin things and not to run things.”

@smartaxus wrote: “See person father wey just sit down there dey collect money for no reason for the Nation”

@nnabuagha_n wrote: “Distinguish Senator doesn’t know HARMONIZE . Na wa o. Which means, he can never know the meaning of PHOTOSYNTHESIS”

Watch the video below:

KanyiDaily also reported that the Senate Leader, Opeyemi Bamidele, denied claims of a physical confrontation with Senate President Godswill Akpabio.