Today Tuesday April 28, 2020 The Nigeria Senate and the House of Representative resumed plenary after it was suspended because of the coronavirus pandemic on March 24, 2020.
This was confirmed by Senator Ajiobola Bashiru from Osun State, which was posted on his verified twitter handle at 11.55p.m. last Sunday that the Senate would resume today.
Also, the Clerk of the Senate, Mr. Nelson Ayewo, in a letter to senators confirming the resumption, said: “This is to inform Distinguished Senators of the Federal Republic of Nigeria that the Senate will resume plenary on April 28, 2020. “Distinguished Senators are by this notice expected to sit in plenary on April 28, 2020, at 10.00 a.m. prompt.
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“Staff and senators’ aides are to work from home as they will be notified when needed in the office for any special assignment.”
This is after five weeks of break to enable the containment of the coronavirus pandemic.
The Senate and the House of Representatives went on break on March 24, 2020, before President Muhammadu Buhari announced the lockdown of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Lagos and Ogun States.
The House of Representatives had also announced that it would resume plenary today after about five weeks break occasioned by the outbreak of the COVID-19
The House of Representatives resumed plenary on Tuesday in Abuja as Nigeria’s cases of the COVID-19 surpasses 1000.
Clerk to the House, Patrick Giwa, had announced the resumption on Sunday night in a memo via Twitter.
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The House had adjourned plenary on March 24, a week before the Federal Government ordered lockdown in the Federal Capital Territory Abuja as well as Lagos and Ogun States as part of measures to curb the spread of the virus.
Giwa stated that the aides of the members and other staff of the House were to work from home for the time being.
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