BREAKING: Fear Grips Nigerian Senate, Hold Emergency Session Over Protest
The leadership of the Nigerian Senate has called for an emergency session to discuss issues surrounding the planned nationwide protest slated to commence on August 1, 2024.
This was announced via a short notice which was passed to all the lawmakers on Monday morning, stating that the 109 senators must meet on Wednesday.
The notice reads: “An internal memorandum from the Senate Clerk has been issued regarding the matter: Dear Distinguished Senators, the President of the Senate, His Excellency, Senator Godswill Obot Akpabio, GCON, has directed that an emergency plenary sitting of the Senate be convened as follows:
Date: WEDNESDAY, JULY 31st, 2024;
TIME: 12 NOON.”
“Distinguished Senators are requested to make all necessary arrangements to attend as issues of national importance will be discussed. We regret all inconveniences that this interruption of the recess will cause,” the notice added.
The Nigerian National Assembly, comprising the Senate and House of Representatives, cut short its annual recess to address the looming #EndBadGovernanceInNigeria protests.
The lawmakers, initially scheduled to reconvene on September 17, have returned to session to tackle the pressing issues.
Before embarking on their recess, they had made notable progress, including enacting the minimum wage law, approving a N6.2 trillion increase to the 2024 budget as requested by President Bola Tinubu, and passing amendments to the 2023 Finance Act, among other significant legislative actions.
