This Is Why The House Adjourned Its Sitting – Saraki Explains

Senate President, Bukola Saraki

As the struggle for power in the Nigerian upper chambers ensues, it will amaze you that the House of Representatives also had their own share of the fresh brawl happening in the house, as lawmakers threw caution to the twist and bartered clenched fist for leadership positions.

The Senate President, Bukola Saraki, subsequent to the resettlement of the house postponed plenary till July 21.

Saraki in a statement released on Friday announced that the two committees were given one week to present their reports assuring that the senate will reconvene at any time before the postponed date to reflect on any matter of urgent national importance or to attend to any national assignment requiring its attention.

It would be recalled that the National Assembly (NASS) had slashed its 2015 budget to N120billion from N150billion as a result of deteriorating federal government revenue, which the president of the senate explained was part of the National Assembly’s belt-tightening measures in analysis of the recent economic veracity in the country.