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Concerns implicit an imminent showdown implicit constituency projects and the October 1 Independence solemnisation person been identified arsenic reasons for the last-minute postponement of national lawmakers’ resumption aft a two-month vacation.
Barely hours earlier their scheduled resumption yesterday, the National Assembly enactment officially postponed a instrumentality to plenary sessions, antecedently scheduled for Tuesday, September 23, to Tuesday, October 7, 2025.
This was contained successful a connection issued to journalists connected Tuesday successful Abuja by the Clerk to the National Assembly, Barr. Kamoru Ogunlana, connected behalf of the presiding officers of some chambers — Senate President Godswill Akpabio and Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas.
“I americium directed by the presiding officers of some Chambers of the National Assembly to pass each members of the National Assembly and the wide nationalist that the resumption day is hereby postponed to Tuesday, 7th October 2025,” the connection read.
The National Assembly had proceeded connected their yearly recess successful July this year.
While the connection did not specify reasons for the change, respective cardinal developments suggest a premix of nationalist and planetary factors down the decision.
Sources told LEADERSHIP that the postponement of resumption successful the House of Representatives was to code lawmakers’ rising agitation implicit the non-payment of contractors who executed constituency projects from 2024.
LEADERSHIP had exclusively reported connected Tuesday that a radical of aggrieved House of Representatives members were bracing to prosecute the House enactment implicit unpaid debts to contractors and disparity successful allocation of constituency projects.
The lawmakers are disquieted astir losing governmental crushed successful the constituencies due to the fact that constituency projects since 2024 person not been adequately attended to.
According to an exclusive penetration into a gathering of the aggravated lawmakers, the parliamentarians lamented that section contractors who executed projects successful their constituencies person not been paid since 2024.
They noted unit from their constituents implicit the projects and expressed fears that specified a concern mightiness outgo them a instrumentality to the parliament successful the 2027 election.
The lawmakers besides resolved to equine unit connected Speaker Tajudeen Abbas implicit their being astatine the receiving extremity of the mediocre implementation of the budget.
Other issues raised by the aggrieved lawmakers see disparity successful allocations for constituency projects. They lamented that portion immoderate lawmakers got N19 billion, others got arsenic small arsenic 1 cardinal naira.
They besides threatened to entity to the presumption of the 2026 fund connection successful protestation the mediocre implementation of the 2024 and 2025 budgets.
But the Deputy House spokesman, Hon Philip Agbese, who told LEADERSHIP that lawmakers bash not person nonstop contractual engagements with contractors handling constituency projects, added that the House volition guarantee diligent fund oversight to guarantee its afloat and effectual implementation.
He said the House enactment was advocating a constructive dialog betwixt the Ministry of Finance and indigenous stakeholders progressive successful executing these projects.
In the Senate, however, it was learnt that immoderate lawmakers intended to travel their authorities governors to people Nigeria’s 64th Independence Day celebrations, scheduled for October 1, 2025.
The lawsuit traditionally involves high-level governmental participation, including governors, senators, and national officials.
Another large origin is the 80th league of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), which volition instrumentality spot from September 22 to 28, 2025, successful New York, USA.
Several Nigerian lawmakers are portion of the authoritative delegation and are expected to be bilateral meetings and enactment successful the high-level General Debate, which runs from September 23 to 27 and concludes connected September 29.
Political observers person besides suggested that the unresolved lawsuit of suspended Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan (Kogi Central) could beryllium a crushed down the delay.
Akpoti-Uduaghan was suspended connected March 6, 2025, by the Senate pursuing a solution by the Senate Committee connected Ethics, Privileges, and Public Petitions, chaired by Senator Neda Imasuen.
The committee recovered her blameworthy of misconduct and failing to honour its summons.
Although she has since challenged the suspension successful court, tensions were reignited aft she wrote to the Clerk of the National Assembly connected September 4, stating her volition to resume legislative duties.
In a effect that aboriginal went viral, acting clerk Dr Yahaya Danzaria insisted that Senator Akpoti-Uduaghan cannot resume portion her contempt of tribunal lawsuit remains connected entreaty earlier the Court of Appeal, Abuja Division.
However, successful a astonishing crook of events, her antecedently sealed Se...
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