- Furthermore, the Upper Chamber conducted screenings and granted approval to three nominees for the position of Resident Electoral Commissioners at the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), as appointed by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu
The Nigerian Senate has scheduled an emergency meeting for Monday, November 6, 2023, to review and approve the minutes of the last Thursday’s plenary session.
During their previous session, the Senate deliberated on and approved the report from the joint National Assembly Committee on Appropriation concerning the N2.17 trillion Supplementary Appropriation Bill for 2023.
Furthermore, the Upper Chamber conducted screenings and granted approval to three nominees for the position of Resident Electoral Commissioners at the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), as appointed by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
The emergency session which was earlier slated for Saturday, November 4, 2023, was later shifted to Monday.
“The session is meant to approve the votes and proceedings of Thursday. We were so late in the Senate Chamber on Thursday, and so many of our colleagues had already gone for public hearings and other committee meetings. So we are just coming up to do just that,” he said.
When asked whether the need to transmit the Supplementary Appropriation Bill was part of the purposes of the emergency session, Adaramodu said everything done by the Senate on Thursday was included.
“Everything that we have done. Not only the supplementary budget will be there. The screening will be there. Everything will be there.”
On whether there is an urgent special communication from the President slated for deliberation at the session, Adaramodu said there is “none.”