NASS Adjourns Plenary To Honour Late Osinowo

The both Senate and House of Representatives adjourned plenary on Tuesday and held a minute silence in honour of the Senator Bayo Osinowo, who represented Lagos East in the National Assembly, before his demise penultimate week.

The lawmaker died on June 15, following a brief illness, at the age of 64.

The Deputy President of the Senate, Ovie Omo-Agege, who presided over a brief plenary on Tuesday thereafter, adjourned plenary till Wednesday, July 1, 2020, in accordance with its tradition.

 

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The motion for adjournment was moved by the Senate Leader, Yahaya Abdullahi, following the adoption of the Votes and Proceedings by the Senate.

The motion for adjournment was seconded by the Minority Leader, Enyinnaya Abaribe.

Osinowo died, shortly after the National Assembly started its two weeks break on June 11.

Osinowo’s colleagues, after the plenary signed a condolence register opened for the deceased at the entrance of the red chamber.

Senators Benjamin Uwajumogu, Ignatius Longjan, and Rose Oko, earlier died this year.

Omo-Agege called for prayers to avert further sudden deaths in the upper chamber.

Chairman, Senate Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Senator Ajibola Basiru, in the statement he issued then, had also described Osinowo as one of the trusted right-hand men of Asiwaju Bola Tinubu

The red chamber said Osinowo was a kind, large-hearted, and hardworking politician whose roles in entrenching progressive politics in Lagos were quite pivotal.