N/Assembly to hold joint session to mark June 12, Tinubu to attend

The Senate and House of Representatives have resolved to hold a joint session on June 12, to mark Democracy Day at the National Assembly Complex in Abuja. Senate President Godswill Akpabio, announced this at the end of plenary on Wednesday. This was after the senators came out of a closed-door session which lasted for over […]

The Senate and House of Representatives have resolved to hold a joint session on June 12, to mark Democracy Day at the National Assembly Complex in Abuja.

Senate President Godswill Akpabio, announced this at the end of plenary on Wednesday. This was after the senators came out of a closed-door session which lasted for over an hour.

Akpabio said President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has “graciously agreed to attend the joint session in person.”

He also disclosed that the Senate leader, Opeyemi Bamidele (APC, Ekiti Central), the Senate Minority Leader, Abba Moro (PDP, Benue South) and the Chairman of Senate Services, Senator Sunday Karimi, will meet with their counterparts in the House of Representatives to finalise arrangements for the special session.

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Akpabio stated that the Senate has taken the decision to allow the committee to expedite plans and work out modalities towards the event’s agenda in the coming days.

He said three members of the House of Representatives would be part of the committee.