The House of Representatives will resume its annual recess on Tuesday, September 24, 2024.
This follows a rescheduling from the original date of September 17, 2024, as communicated to the members via an internal memo by the Clerk of the House, Dr Yahaya Danzaria, on Wednesday.
The Senate and the House of Representatives proceeded on their annual vacation on Tuesday, July 23, 2024, and fixed Tuesday, September 17 for resumption.
A statement issued on Wednesday night by the House spokesman, Akin Rotimi, noted that during the recess, lawmakers carried out outreach programmes peculiar to their constituencies.
“During the recess, Honourable Members engaged extensively in constituency outreach across the country, addressing critical issues of concern to constituents and deepening oversight of Ministries, Departments, and Agencies in accordance with functions spelt out in the 1999 Constitution (as amended) and the House Standing Orders,” the statement read in part.
It also added that upon resumption, “the leadership of the House will inaugurate the new board of the Public Complaints Commission and the Joint Senate/House Ad Hoc Committees on the Petroleum Industry Investigation on Wednesday, September 25, 2024. Further details regarding these activities will be announced during plenary on the day of resumption.
“As the 10th Assembly resumes, it will continue to drive its legislative agenda, focusing on impactful reforms aimed at national development and fulfilling its mandate to the Nigerian people.”
The Speaker of the House, Tajudeen Abbas, on Tuesday, condemned the recent invasion of a hospital and abduction of workers and patients by gunmen in Birnin Gwari Local Government Area of Kaduna State.
The bandits reportedly invaded the Primary Healthcare Centre at Layin Dan Auta village in Kuyello Ward, Birnin-Gwari, abducting two nurses and many patients yet to be ascertained.
He charged security agencies to rise to the occasion and rescue those being held captive by the bandits.