40 days after embarking on recess, Reps set to resume legislative duty

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By Joseph Erunke, Abuja

Members of the House of Representatives are set to resume legislative work exactly forty days after they embarked on recess.

Recall that the Speaker, Tajudeen Abbas, had announced on March 20, 2024 that the House would proceed on recess to enable members to celebrate Easter and Eid-el-Fitr.

He had set Tuesday, April 16, 2024, as the resumption date but prior to the date, the speaker announced a postponement by one week, citing the non-completion of the House chamber undergoing renovation.

Again, before April 24, when members were to resume, the speaker announced another postponement by one week, bringing the new resumption date to April 30, 2024.

But the stage appears set for legislative work as work in the chamber had been completed.

The House Speaker, Tajudeen Abbas, the immediate past speaker and Chief of Staff to the President,Femi Gbajabiamila and the Deputy Speaker of the House, Hon. Benjamin Kalu, jointly…



Source: Vanguard Newspaper