JUST IN: Senate to Hold Emergency Session on Monday
The Nigerian Senate will hold an emergency meeting on Monday to approve the votes and proceedings of Thursday’s plenary session.
The meeting was earlier scheduled for Saturday but was later shifted to Monday
According to sources, the emergency meeting is necessary to enable the Clerk to the National Assembly to transmit the Supplementary Appropriation Bill, which was passed by both chambers on Thursday, to the President for assent.
“You know the supplementary budget has less than 60 days for implementation. So the earlier it is passed the better for the country. Besides, the bureaucracy cannot transmit the Bill without the votes and proceedings of Thursday being approved by the Senate,” a source said.
The Senate will also consider and approve other items on the agenda, including the screening of nominees for appointment as Resident Electoral Commissioners of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) by President Bola Tinubu.
The Chairman, Senate Committee on Media and Publicity, Senator Yemi Adaramodu, confirmed that the Senate would sit on Monday to approve the votes and proceedings of Thursday. He said that the meeting was necessary because many senators had already gone for public hearings and other committee meetings when the Senate was sitting on Thursday.
Adaramodu also said that the Senate would consider everything that was done on Thursday, including the screening of nominees for INEC. He also said there is no urgent special communication from the President slated for deliberation at the session.
