Senate President Godswill Akpabio has summoned an emergency plenary session to be held on Wednesday, July 31, at noon. This notice was conveyed in an internal memo by Chinedu Akubueze, Clerk of the Senate, on Monday in Abuja. The memo emphasized the importance of the session, stating that issues of national importance will be discussed.
Akubueze’s memo read: “Dear Distinguished Senators, the President of the Senate, Sen. Godswill Akpabio has directed that an emergency plenary sitting of the Senate be convened on Wed July 31, at noon. Distinguished Senators are requested to make all necessary arrangements to attend as issues of national importance will be discussed. We regret all the inconveniences that this interruption of the recess will cause. Thanks for your usual understanding.”
This session interrupts the National Assembly’s annual recess, which began on July 23 and was expected to end on September 17.
