Following speculations that President Bola Tinubu may forward a supplementary 2024 Appropriation Bill, the Senate will hold an emergency session.
Investigations by Daily Sun revealed that the upper legislative chamber, had a fortnight ago (June 11), adjourned plenary till July 2.
The recess was to enable lawmakers participate in the activities marking the 2024 Democracy Day, as well as its end of session break.
Senate spokesman, Yemi Adaramodu, confirmed that the lawmakers would hold a session today.
He disclosed that the emergency plenary deal was to “deal with issues concerning our further oversight on the appropriations and clear further the hanging issues of constitutional and electoral concerns.
“It’s our statutory resumption from the Sallah break. The Senate has the constitutional power to regulate its sessions, and we believe that we could gain one more legislative day to deal with national and constitutional issues, hence, the bringing forward from the initial July 2.
“We hope to deal with issues concerning our further oversight on the appropriations and clear further the hanging issues of constitutional and electoral concerns. And clear outstanding bills and motions, expectedly before our annual recess, later in the year, ”he said.
