August 1 Protest: Senate Holds Emergency Session 

The Senate is currently in an emergency session ahead of the nationwide hunger and hardship protests slated to begin on Thursday, August 1st 2024.

The meeting is chaired by the President of the Senate, Sen. Godswill Akpabio as the upper chamber dissolved into a closed-door session.

It would be recalled that the Red and Green Chambers had announced an emergency session for Wednesday (today).

According to a statement issued on Monday by the spokesperson for the House of Representatives, Rotimi Akin, the Wednesday plenary will focus on critical matters requiring immediate legislative attention.

The statement read, “The House of Representatives wishes to announce that, pursuant to the directive of the Speaker, Abbas Tajudeen, PhD., a plenary session has been scheduled for Wednesday, July 31, 2024.

Details soon…