Tag: Recess
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We won’t cut short recess to confirm Buhari’s service chiefs – Senate
The Senate has said it won’t cut short its recess to confirm the newly appointed service chiefs by Presidet Muhammadu Buhari The Chairman, Senate Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Dr. Ajibola Basiru, stated this in an interview with The Punch on Friday. He said the Senate, and by extension, the National Assembly postponed its…
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Presidency ‘begs’ National Assembly to suspend recess, approve 2019 election budget
The Presidency has urged the National Assembly to suspend the ongoing recess and attend to requests by President Muhammadu Buhari pending before the legislature. The National Assembly was billed to proceed on holiday on Thursday but the lawmakers went on recess on Tuesday in protest against the alleged clampdown on President of the Senate, Bukola…
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Fuel Scarcity: Saraki summons petroleum committee from recess, to meet on ending crisis
Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki on Thursday directed members of the Senate committee on petroleum downstream to cut short their holiday in order to contribute to addressing the lingering fuel crisis. TheNewsGuru.com reports that the red chamber had last Thursday closed down activities for the year and are due for resumption on January 16 next…
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JUST IN: NASS postpones resumption by one week
The National Assembly has postponed its resumption from the annual recess by one week. TheNewsGuru.com reports that the lawmakers, who were to resume on September 19, are now to resume on September 26, 2017. This was contained in a statement by Clerk to the National Assembly, Mr. Mohammed Sani-Omolori, on Wednesday, entitled, ‘Postponement of Resumption.’…