The President of the Nigerian Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio, has invited his colleagues to an emergency session of the upper legislative chambers to address urgent matters of national importance, including the looming nationwide protest scheduled to begin on August 1.
The invitation is contained in an internal memorandum from the Senate Clerk, which showed that the Senate emergency session will hold on Wednesday, 31 July, about 24 hours before the planned protest across the country.
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.”
The Senate and House of Representatives had, on July 23, embarked on the recess, and scheduled to end on September 17.
