{"id":129671,"date":"2022-01-04T13:40:44","date_gmt":"2022-01-04T12:40:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=129671"},"modified":"2022-01-04T13:40:44","modified_gmt":"2022-01-04T12:40:44","slug":"why-we-held-plenary-for-only-66-days-in-2021-senate-spokesman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/01\/04\/why-we-held-plenary-for-only-66-days-in-2021-senate-spokesman\/","title":{"rendered":"Why we held plenary for only 66 days in 2021 &#8211; Senate spokesman"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Spokesman of the senate, Ajibola Basiru has stated that the senate held plenary for only 66 days owing to the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"acssf62a8\">According to section 63 of the 1999 Nigerian constitution, \u201cthe senate and house of representatives shall each sit for a period of not less than one hundred and eighty-one days in a year\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"acssf62a8\">But in 2021, the senate only held plenary for 66 days, contrary to the provision of the law.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"acssf62a8\">Reacting to this issue on Sunrise Daily, a Channels Television programme, on Tuesday, the senate spokesperson said the leadership of of senate had made it clear from the beginning of 2021 that plenary would only be held twice in a week.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"acssf62a8\">He said though it used to be thrice in a week, the senate had to reduce the days of plenary because of the rampant cases of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/01\/03\/covid-19-nigeria-records-573-fresh-infections-in-7-states\/\">COVID-19<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"acssf62a8\">\u201cThere is COVID-19 pandemic, and as at 2020 when the pandemic started, there was a general lockdown in the country that we could not sit for six months,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"acssf62a8\">\u201cWe are lucky that in 2021, we w\u00adere able to sit. But from the beginning of the year, it was made very clear that we would only sit on Tuesdays and Wednesdays.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"acssf62a8\">\u201cSo, if people who talk about the senate not sitting up to the time are oblivious of the challenge of COVID-19, so be it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"acssf62a8\">Bashiru said the decision to reduce the numbers of days for plenary does not contravene the provision of the constitution in any way because it was a matter of emergency.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"acssf62a8\">He said legislators could not hold virtual plenary sessions because provision has not been made for them in the rule of the house.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"acssf62a8\">\u201cWhen you have a law and you have situations of emergency not in contemplation of that law, I think it sounds reasonable that you should be able to act timeously,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"acssf62a8\">\u201cThe national legislators needed to act within the reality of the time. This is not a matter of only Nigeria, it is a global phenomenon.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"acssf62a8\">\u201cSo, if COVID-19 is not a compelling reason to adjust our calendar and sittings, people who think rules have been breached can take the matter to court for adjudication.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"acssf62a8\">\u201cWe couldn\u2019t have virtual sitting because it is not yet part of what we have provided for under our rules.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"acssf62a8\">\u201cIt suffices to say that the work of the national assembly is not limited to plenary, we have committee assignments, we have oversight functions and we have constituency work.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"acssf62a8\">\u201cWe had to adjust our calendar administratively to ensure that we comply with the COVID-19 demands.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spokesman of the senate, Ajibola Basiru has stated that the senate held plenary for only 66 days owing to the COVID-19 pandemic. 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