The Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, has convened an emergency meeting of the Senate.
A circular, signed by Clerk Chinedu Akubueze and obtained by Channels Television on Monday, stated that the meeting is of “National Importance.”
The internal circular did not provide further details about the emergency meeting.
The meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, July 31, 2024, just one day before the nationwide planned protest against hunger and hardship is set to begin.
The memo wrote, “Dear Distinguished Senators, the President of the Senate, His Excellency, Senator Godswill Obot Akpabio, GCON, has directed that an emergency plenary sitting of the Senate be convened as follows: Date: WEDNESDAY, JULY 31st, 2024; TIME: 12 NOON.
“Distinguished Senators are requested to make all necessary arrangements to attend as issues of national importance will be discussed. We regret all inconveniences that this interruption of the recess will cause. Thanks for your usual understanding.”
It should be noted that the National Assembly had begun a seven-week recess and was scheduled to reconvene on September 17, 2024.
The recess was announced following the plenary session last Wednesday.
Both chambers of the Assembly—the Senate and the House of Representatives—were to be on a seven-week break for their annual recess.