Senate extends recess by one week

The Senate has postponed resumption of plenary to 23 April.

The upper chamber embarked on Easter and Eid-el-Fitr holiday on 20 March after passing a bill to extend the implementation of the capital component of the 2023 supplementary budget to June 2024.

The lawmakers were billed to resume plenary on Tuesday, 16 April, but a statement issued by the Clerk of the Senate, Chinedu Akubueze, on Saturday, said the resumption has been extended by one week.