The National Assembly will no longer reconvene on Tuesday, August 14.
This announcement was made by Mr Abdulrazak Namdas, who told Punch that the house was yet to decide the date to reconvene.
This is contrary to the announcement made by the Deputy Speaker of the House, Mr Yusuf Lasun, who said the Senate will reconvene on Tuesday to to consider the budget for the 2019 polls and other pending issues forwarded to lawmakers by President Muhammadu Buhari in July.
Ahead of the meeting, tempers were flaring especially at the Senate, where senators belonging to the ruling All Progressives Congress are calling for the resignation of Senator Bukola Saraki, representing Kwara Central, as president.
The APC senators said since their party controls a simple majority in the upper chamber, it will be preposterous for Saraki, now a member of the Peoples Democratic Party, with minority presence, to remain as the leader.
There had been threats and counter threats, with Saraki’s spokesmen and his minority party swearing that Saraki cannot be removed, unless the APC senators are able to muster two-third support in the senate.
The APC has a different interpretation of the constitution. The National Assembly broke up for recess on 24 July. It was due to reconvene on 25 September, until the executive pleaded it break the recess to consider urgent national matters, such as a supplementary budget and INEC budget for 2019 polls.