- The Nigerian Senate adjourns executive session without considering any item on the order paper due to a PDP national executive council meeting
- Details of the executive session was not made public by the president of the Senate, Bukola Saraki
- The Senate approves higher institutions for President Buhari’s hometown, 9 others
The Senate on Thursday, November 29, adjourned plenary to allow Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) lawmakers attend the National Executive Council (NEC) meeting of their party.
The lawmakers, who adjourned after an executive session that lasted about an hour, did not consider any item on the order paper.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that details of the executive session was not made public by the president of the Senate, Bukola Saraki.
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However, votes and proceedings of Tuesday, November 27 sitting were adopted before adjournment.
The items on the order paper are presentation of reports on attempted assassination of Senator Dino Melaye and report on prison act (repeal and re-enactment) bill, 2018 among others.
Meanwhile, the Nigerian Senate has approved the establishment of 10 new higher institutions across the country on Wednesday, November 28.
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Legit.ng gathered that the resolution was made after the federal lawmakers adopted the report of the Senate Committee on Tertiary Institutions and TETFund, which was presented by the committee’s chairman, Jibrin Barau.
The new higher institutions approved by the Senate include one polytechnic to be located in the hometown of President Muhammadu Buhari, in Daura, Katsina state. The lawmakers agreed that the establishment of the institutions would open up the education space in the country.
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