From Fred Itua, Abuja
Following speculations that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu may forward a supplementary 2024 Appropriation Bill, the Senate will hold an emergency session on Thursday.
Findings by Daily Sun revealed that the upper legislative chamber had, a fortnight ago (June 11), adjourned plenary until July 2. The recess was to enable lawmakers to participate in the activities marking the 2024 Democracy Day, as well as their end-of-session break.
Senate spokesman and representative of Ekiti South Yemi Adaramodu confirmed that lawmakers would hold a session on Thursday.
In a statement made available to Daily Sun, Adaramodu disclosed that the emergency plenary was to “deal with issues concerning our further oversight on the Appropriations and clear further the hanging issues of constitutional and electoral concerns”.
His statement reads: “It is our statutory resumption from the Sallah break. The Senate has the constitutional power to regulate its sessions, and we believe that we could gain one more legislative day to deal with national and constitutional issues, hence bringing it forward from the initial July 2.
“We hope to deal with issues concerning our further oversight on the Appropriations and clear further the hanging issues of constitutional and electoral concerns, and clear outstanding bills and motions expectedly before our annual recess, later in the year.”
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