Akpabio summons emergency session for Wednesday 31st July

By Iyojo Ameh

The President of the Nigerian Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio, has summoned an emergency session of the upper legislative chambers ahead of the nationwide protest billed to kick off on August 1.

This is according to an internal memorandum from the Senate Clerk saying the Senate emergency session is scheduled to hold on Wednesday, 31 July, 2024.

The Memo read; “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.”

Recall the Senate and House of Reps on July 23, 2024, embarked on the recess which will end on September 17, 2024.