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The Nigerian Senate has adjourned the plenary till February 28, 2023.
The decision was to enable lawmakers to partake in electioneering campaigns ahead of the February 25th Presidential and National Assembly Elections.
Recall that the Senate had earlier said that it would adjourn plenary to allow lawmakers to have time for campaigns for the forthcoming elections.
The senate resumed plenary after a three-week break after it adjourned the plenary on December 28, 2022.
The Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, had disclosed that during the plenary that after the week’s work, they’d suspend plenary for the sake of the elections.
He noted that the break would enable lawmakers contesting for various offices during the general elections to carry out necessary campaigns in their various constituencies.
He, however, said the Senate might suspend activities this week if it can deal with urgent issues requiring its attention so it does not have to sit next week.
Lawan said, “We are prepared to sit up to Friday this week to attend to all urgent issues requiring our attention, so we don’t have to sit next week in view of the forthcoming elections.”
TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports that the Senate is the upper chamber of Nigeria’s bicameral legislature, the National Assembly of Nigeria.
The National Assembly (popularly referred to as NASS) is the nation’s highest legislature, whose power is to make laws, is summarized in chapter one, section four of the 1999 Nigerian Constitution.
It consists of 109 senators: the 36 states are each divided in 3 senatorial districts each electing one senator using the first-past-the-post electoral system; the Federal Capital Territory elects only one senator also using first-past-the-post.
The President of the Senate is the presiding officer of the Senate, whose chief function is to guide and regulate the proceedings in the Senate.
The Senate President is third in the Nigerian presidential line of succession. He is assisted by the Deputy President of the Senate.
The current Senate President is Sen. Ahmed Ibrahim Lawan and the current Deputy Senate President is Ovie Omo-Agege, both members of the APC.
The Senate President and his Deputy are also assisted by principal officers including the Majority Leader, Deputy Majority Leader, Minority Leader, Deputy Minority Leader, Chief Whip, Deputy Chief Whip, Minority Whip, and Deputy Minority Whip.
In addition, there are 63 Standing Committees in the Senate chaired by Committee Chairmen.