Nigeria, July 16 -- The Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, on Wednesday threatened to take legal action against the contractor responsible for renovating the National Assembly's permanent chambers following repeated technical faults with the microphones installed in the Senate chamber.

Mr Akpabio made the threat during plenary after several microphones malfunctioned, causing echoes.

He said the defective audio system had previously embarrassed him and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas, during the opening ceremony of the National Assembly Week held in the House chamber on Tuesday.

"Distinguished colleagues, I hope you are taking note of the fact that our microphones are not working well, because we are going t...