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Sallah forces Reps to postpone resumption
The House of Representatives has postponed by one week its anticipated resumption, The PUNCH learnt in Abuja on Sunday.
This also implies that the expected action of the 360-member legislature on the budget padding allegations levelled against the Speaker, Mr. Yakubu Dogara, and three other principal officers, will be delayed by at least one week.
The other three are the Deputy Speaker, Mr. Yussuff Lasun; the Chief Whip, Mr. Alhassan Ado-Doguwa; and the Minority Leader, Mr. Leo Ogor.
Lawmakers proceeded on their annual recess on July 20 and were scheduled to reconvene on September 13.
Findings by The PUNCH showed on Sunday that the resumption date had been postponed by one week due to the forthcoming Eid-el Kabir festivities.
Punch, September 5
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