August 1: Senate convenes emergency session amid planned nationwide protest

The Senate has scheduled an emergency session for Wednesday, amidst the planned nationwide protests.

An internal memorandum from the Senate Clerk said the President of the Senate, Godswill Obot Akpabio, directed that an emergency plenary sitting.

The notice read, “Distinguished Senators are requested to make all necessary arrangements to attend as issues of national importance will be discussed.

“We regret all the inconveniences that this interruption of the recess will cause. Thanks for your usual.”

Recall that some Nigerians have scheduled August 1 for a nationwide protest over excruciating economic hardship and hunger in the country.