N’Assembly postpones resumption to Oct. 9

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Saraki, Ekweremadu and Yakubu Dogara
Saraki, Ekweremadu and Yakubu Dogara

The National Assembly has postponed its resumption from the ongoing two-month annual recess to October 9, 2018. The federal legislature, which went on summer recess in July, was scheduled to resume on Tuesday.

The Clerk to the National Assembly, Mohammed Sani-Omolori, in a statement issued shortly after the meeting of the leadership of the assembly, announced the postponement.

“This is to inform all distinguished senators and honourable members that resumption of plenary session earlier scheduled for Tuesday, 25th September, has been postponed to Tuesday, 9th October, due to the activities of the primaries of the political parties.

“All distinguished senators and honourable members are expected to resume plenary session by 10am on the 9th of October, please.”

The request of the approval of N242 billion by President Muhammadu Buhari for the 2019 polls and the passage of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) amendment bill are some of the matters pending at the national assembly.

Lawmakers loyal to Buhari have accused Senate President Bukola Saraki and Yakubu Dogara, speaker of the house of representatives, of refusing to reconvene the assembly for a selfish reason.

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