Again, ‘technical issues’ stop Reps from sitting for the 3rd time in 2 weeks

Owing to persistent “technical issues” that have remained unresolved in the lower chamber of the National Assembly, the lawmakers again have been forced to adjourn plenary.

This is the third time the lawmakers have adjourned plenary due to this issue.

The house had last week Thursday, this week’s Tuesday and today, attributed adjournment of sitting to the failure of the public address system in the chamber.

After saying the opening prayers on Wednesday, the Speaker, Yakubu Dogara, announced that the chamber would have to adjourn sitting to Tuesday, with the hope that a temporary measure would be put in place ahead of time.

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He said the house had nothing to hide from Nigerians about the dysfunctional state of the public address system despite the criticisms that have engulfed the chambers.

The instructed committees to conclude their oversight visits to Federal Government’s ministries, departments, and agencies, he urged them to get their reports ready by Tuesday.

The house adjourned plenary after just considering two motions.

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