Eko Hot Blog reports that the Senate and House of Representatives will reconvene on Thursday, June 27, cutting short their Sallah and end-of-first-session break.
Both chambers had planned to adjourn until Tuesday, July 2. However, Senator Yemi Adaramodu (APC-Ekiti South), chairman of Senate committees on media and public affairs, and Dr. Yahaya Danzaria, Clerk of the House of Representatives, confirmed that the National Assembly would shorten its recess.
In a statement, Adaramodu explained that the resumption of plenary sessions has become necessary to address urgent national and constitutional issues and to conduct further oversight on the implementation of the Appropriation Act, 2024.
Adaramodu said: “It’s our statutory resumption from the Sallah break. Senate has the constitutional power to regulate its sessions and we believe that we could gain one more legislative day to deal with national and constitutional issues, hence the bringing forward from the initial July 2.
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“We hope to deal with issues concerning our further oversight on the Appropriations and clear further the hanging issues of constitutional and electoral concerns. And clear outstanding bills and motions, expectedly before our annual recess, later in the year.”
On his part, the Clerk of the House of Representatives, Danzaria, issued an internal memo dated June 24, 2024, titled “Change in Resumption Date from Recess,” addressed to Members. He stated: “Please be informed that the resumption date from the ongoing recess has been rescheduled from Tuesday, July 2, 2024, to Thursday, June 27, 2024.
“Accordingly, the plenary will hold on Thursday, June 27, 2024, by 11:00 am.
“Kindly make necessary adjustments to your schedules and ensure your timely presence for the resumption of legislative activities.”
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