The circular seen by our Correspondent and signed by the Clerk, Chinedu Akubueze on Monday, said the meeting was of National Importance.

The internal circular did not give further details on the emergency meeting.

The meeting will be held on Wednesday, July 31, 2024, just one day before the commencement of the nationwide planned protest against hunger and hardship.

According to the circular Senators are requested to make all necessary arrangements to attend as issues of national importance will be discussed.

It also regret all inconveniences that this interruption of the recess will cause.

It would be recalled that the National Assembly had commenced a seven-week recess and was expected to reconvene on September 17th, 2024.

The recess was announced after the plenary last week Wednesday.

Both chambers of the Assembly – Senate, and House of Representatives, were supposed to be on break for seven weeks which is their yearly recess.