The Senate on Tuesday suspended plenary
in honour of a member of the House of Representatives, Hon. Temitope
Olatoye, who lost his life during last Saturday’s gubernatorial and
House of Assembly polls in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital.
The upper chamber of the National
Assembly had resumed plenary at about 10.50am with the Senate President,
Dr Bukola Saraki, saying the opening prayer before taking the vote of
proceedings of the Senate’s last sitting of February 26.
The vote and proceedings had barely been
approved when the Senate Leader, Senator Ahmad Lawan, came under Order
43 to announce the demise of the House member and requested that a
minute silence should be observed in honour of the deceased lawmaker.
He also canvassed for the suspension of
the day’s plenary in line with the tradition of the National Assembly
and as a mark of respect for the late legislator.
The prayers of Lawan were adopted and
the Senate adjourned plenary to Wednesday when debate on the 2019
Appropriation Bill will commence.
Details later
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