The Edo State House of Assembly, on Monday, resumed plenary after one-month recess and adopted a business calendar of 75 days for the fourth session of second quarter of the fifth Assembly. The business calendar was adopted by the House following the presentation of the proposal by the Majority Leader, Philip Shaibu, during plenary at the Old Assembly Complex, Government House, Benin City.
This is even as the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) faction of the Assembly, led by the deputy speaker, Festus Ebea, also, during its plenary at the Assembly Complex, adopted a business calendar of 77 days.
The PDP faction business calendar is expected to end by December 24, 2014. According to Shaibu, the 75 days calendar, which began on September 8, is expected to terminate on December 19, 2014. He said upon implementation, the calendar shall have 17, 23, 20 and 19 days for the months of September, October, November and December respectively.
“If we add the 75 days to the 36 days calendar for the first quarter, it would amount to a total of 111 days of legislative activities for the first two quarters, he said. The lawmakers subsequently adopted the calendar without amendment.
The speaker, Uyi Igbe, thereafter, directed that clean copies of the resolution be sent to the governor for his accent. Igbe also congratulated the chairmen and members of the House Committees on Rules, Business and Government House, Transport, Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Judiciary and Energy for the awards they received from the House of Representatives for outstanding performance. The Assembly has been in crisis since June 9 following the suspension of four lawmakers including the Deputy Speaker, Festus Ebea.
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