Saraki To Address World Press Conference On Wednesday

Date: 2018-08-08

Senate President, Bukola Saraki, will address a World Press Conference at the foyer of the National Assembly at noon on Wednesday, says Yusuph Olaniyonu, his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity.

Olaniyonu did not indicate issues to be addressed at the conference in a statement he made available to newsmen in Abuja on Tuesday.

However, it is expected that the blockade of the NASS by the security operatives and the postponement of the emergency meeting of principal officers of both chambers might feature in his address.

Saraki had on Monday convened the emergency meeting for Tuesday but the NASS blockade by security operatives forced it to be postponed indefinitely. In a joint statement by Saraki and Speaker, House of Representatives ,Yakubu Dogara, they said that the unpleasant development at the assembly complex accounted for the postponement "until further notice".

They said: "Following this unpleasant development, the joint leadership meeting slated for this afternoon has been postponed till further notice because it cannot hold under the prevailing circumstances.

"We cannot guarantee the safety of the 20 members from both chambers expected at the meeting."

The officers condemned the barricade of the National Assembly by security operatives, describing it as "a coup against democracy".

They added: "The heavy presence of armed security men who unnecessarily militarised the legislative complex and harassed legislators and workers in the complex could not be justified in a democracy. "Today is a sad day for democracy."

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Abdulrasheed Akogun     Olusola Saraki     Baba Adini Of Kwara State     Baba Idris     Shoprite     Abdulrazaq Aiyelabegan     Segun Olawoyin     Ahmad Olanrewaju Belgore     Ilesha-Gwanara     Abubakar Aliagan     Tuesday Assayomo     Diagnostic Centre     Galadiman Ngeri     United Nigeria Congress Party     CACOVID Palliatives     Ali Ahmad     Hakeem Lawal     Muslim Media Watch Group Of Nigeria     Amos Bajeh     Federal Allocation     Kwara State Geographic Information Service     IYA ALFA NLA     Babatunde Ajeigbe     Peculiar Allowance     Sa\'adu Salau     Yusuf Ibitokun Sherifat     Abdulrazaq Akorede     Lukman Oyebanji Fagbemi     Playing Host     Mansur Alfanla     Abdulmutalib Shittu     Abdulganiyu Salahudeen     Bashir Adigun     Oke-Odo     Fatai Garuba Labaka     Durosinlohun Kawu     Federal College Of Education (Special), Afon     Computer Based Test     Okasanmi Ajayi     Offa     Mustapha Akanbi     AbdulRaheem Ahmad Shayi     Tunde Yusuf     Students Union Government     Kola Bukoye     Saduki Lafiagi     Emmanuel Bello     Adisa Logun     Agboola Abdulraheem     Cassava Growers\' Association     Olukotun Of Ikotun     Olaitan Buraimoh     John Mayokun Dada     Kale Bayero     Mufutau Gbadamosi Esuwoye     Olosi Of Osi     Shehu Alimi Foundation For Peace And Development     Funmilayo Oniwa     Dogara     Student Learning Support Helpline     Sherif Sagaya     Shehu Salau     CBT     Isiaka Yusuf     Arca Santa     Niyi Ogundiran     Yusuf Abubakar     Alikinla     Kwara State Printing And Publishing Corporation     Saheed Alakoso     Bukola Ajikobi     Ishola Balogun Fulani     Abdulrasheed Na\'Allah     Sheikh Ridhwanullah El-ilory     Monthly Sanitation     Face Masks     Aisha Ahman-Pategi    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Lateef Fagbemi     Oluwatoyin Lukman     Ahmad Belgore     AbdulRahman Saad     Yusuf Amuda Abubakar     Ayekale     Bashiru Makama     Funmilayo Zubair     Ilorin     IYA ALFA NLA     Adamu B. Yaqubu     Suleiman Rotimi Iliasu     Abdullahi G. Mohammad     NIPR     College Of Education     Joseph Offorjama     Afolabi-Oshatimehin Adenike Harriet     Ganiyu Taofiq     Yahaya Abdulkareem Babaita     Abdulrahman Abdulrasaq     Afolayan     Akeem Lawal     Dar-Al-Handasah Consultants Ltd     Maimunat Oniyangi     Kwara State Geographic Information Service     Trade Lenda SME Fair     Gobir Organization Foundation     Sabo-Oke     Lai Mohammed     Sa\'adu Gambari     Memunat Monsuma     Salami Adekunle     Abdul Jimoh Mohammed     Kudirat Arinola Lawal     Hausa     Agboola Babatunde     Abdulmumini Jawondo     Marafan Shonga     Bello Abubakar     Idiagbon     Ahmed \'Lateef     SAPZ Project     Baba Idris     Oba Abdulraheem     Is\'haq Modibbo Kawu     Nigerian Supreme Council For Islamic Affairs     Usman Rifun     Simeon Sule Ajibola     Abdullah Janet Amudat     Kwara Basketball Association     Ibrahim Sulu Gambari     Kumbi Titilope     Abdulkadir Jimoh     Ohoro Of Shao     Ndama Al-hassan     Salihu Alhaji Musa     Post-utme     Olaoye B. Felix     Olatunji Ayeni     Ndakene     Isau     Yusuf Ali     Abiodun Abdulkareem     Oke-Kura     Bolakale Kawu Agaka     Funmilayo Braithwaite     Kehinde Baale     Kishira     Olawuyi     Ibrahim Orire     Bello Oyebanji     Umar Sanda Yusuf     National Pilot     Oloriegbe     Sola Saraki University     Muslim Stakeholders Of Kwara State     Peculiar Allowance