The National Assembly has extended its annual vacation by two weeks.
The lawmakers who went on annual vacation on July 24 is now to reconvene on Tuesday, October 9.
The Clerk of the National Assembly, Mr. M A Sani-Omolori in a two- paragraph statement entitled: ‘National Assembly postponement of resumption of plenary’ issued in Abuja yesterday informed all senators and members of the House of Representatives that resumption of plenary session earlier scheduled for Tuesday, September 25, has been postponed to Tuesday, October 9 due to the activities of the primaries of the political parties.
“All distinguished senators and honourable members are expected to resume plenary session by 10a.m on October 9, please,” the statement added.
Earlier yesterday, Senate Leader, Senator Ahmad Lawan, had informed THISDAY that the lawmakers would resume tomorrow as scheduled.
He said the September 25 reconvening date was still sacrosanct as formal motions were moved and adopted for the two chambers to proceed on vacation and resume on that date.
Lawan said he was not aware of any plan to postpone the resumption date of the assembly.
He said, “As I speak to you, I’m not aware of any plan to extend our resumption date, all I know is that we are reconvening on September 25.”
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