National Assembly Resumes Plenary Tuesday

The National Assembly has announced that plenary resumes on Tuesday as scheduled ignoring the compilation of the 2023 election results by the Independent National Electoral Commission.

The Senate President, Ahmed Lawan, announced that the senate would embark on a recess to enable the lawmakers to participate fully in the campaigns for their political parties and resume on Tuesday, February 28.

The Presidential and National Assembly elections were conducted on Saturday but as of Monday evening, the electoral umpire was still busy with result collation.

Although tensions are building across the country, the National Assembly in a memo signed by the Clerk, House of Representatives, Dr. Yahaya Danzaria, informed its members and other stakeholders that it would reconvene for legislative duties as earlier scheduled.

The notice reads, “This is to remind all Hon members, media, and the general public that the House will still reconvene plenary tomorrow, Tuesday, 28th February 2023 at 11 am as earlier announced.”

Also, a senator who spoke to the Punch’s correspondent off the record because he wasn’t authorised to speak to the press on such issues, said they’d resume plenary as they were yet to receive any contradictory notice to the previous agreement.