JUST IN: Senate Suspends Plenary After Resuming From Recess

• The Senate has suspended plenary over the recent death of two lawmakers after resuming from a two-week recess on Tuesday.
• The lawmakers held a minute of silence in honour of Haruna Maitala, who represented Bassa/Jos North Federal Constituency of Plateau State, and Suleiman Lere, who represented Lere Federal Constituency of Kaduna State.

The Senate has suspended plenary over the recent death of two lawmakers after resuming from a two-week recess on Tuesday.

The Senate stated in a statement on Tuesday that it has suspended all items for consideration on the senate’s order paper and will not sit until Wednesday, April 14.

The lawmakers held a minute of silence in honour of Haruna Maitala, who represented Bassa/Jos North Federal Constituency of Plateau, and Suleiman Lere, who represented Lere federal constituency of Kaduna.

While Maitala was killed in a crash on April 2, Lere reportedly died four days later on April 6.

According to the Senate, the decision to suspend the plenary was carried out in line with the tradition of the National Assembly, following a motion moved by the Senate Leader, Yahaya Abdullahi, and seconded by the Minority Leader, Enyinnaya Abaribe.

“Mr President, Distinguished Colleagues, I rise in accordance with our tradition, to move two motions: one for the suspension on all other items scheduled for consideration on the order paper today; [And] also another motion for this Distinguished chamber to observe one-minute silence in honour of the departed, I so move,” Abdullahi said.

The Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, while putting the motion to a voice vote which was unanimously supported by Senators, described the demise of the two lawmakers as “another sad development in the National Assembly”.

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