Senate In Clossed Door Session To Deliberate On Emergency Rule For Day Two

The Senate has gone into a closed door meeting to discuss President Goodluck Jonathan’s request for an extension of emergency rule in Adamawa, Yobe and … Continue reading Senate In Clossed Door Session To Deliberate On Emergency Rule For Day Two


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Nigeria Army.The Senate has gone into a closed door meeting to discuss President Goodluck Jonathan’s request for an extension of emergency rule in Adamawa, Yobe and Borno states.

President Goodluck Jonathan, in his letter to the Senate, explained that despite concerted efforts by his administration to stem the tide of terrorism and insurgency in the affected states, the security challenges that necessitated the proclamation of state of emergency were yet to abate.

After the letter had been read on Tuesday by the Senate President, David Mark, the lawmakers went into a closed-door meeting to discuss the President’s request.

About one and a half hours later, it was obvious that the Senate had not reached an agreement on the matter as the Senate President announced that the discussion would continue on Wednesday.

The Senators where unable to reach an agreement on the matter as some northern lawmakers particularly those from Yobe and Borno states were opposed to the extension of emergency rule in the three north eastern states.

The northern lawmakers were opposed to the extension of emergency rule on the grounds that the extension had not helped to curb terrorism in the region.

Today’s meeting marks the second day in a row where the Senators are discussing the extension of emergency rule behind close doors.