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.

Shururat Olatinwo     Galland Marcias     UNILORIN Alumni Association     Bola Magaji     Aliyu Muyideen     Suleiman Mora Omar     Olabode George Towoju     Abubakar Baba Sulaiman     Park     Yashikira     Islamiya Abdulraheem     Budo-Egba     Kwha.gov.ng     Simeon Sayomi     Noah Yusuf     Azeez Bello     Iliasu     Ibikunle Ogunleye     Yoruba     New Nigeria People’s Party     Mohammed Halidu     Okin Biscuits     Olam Food Ingredients     Emir Of Kano     Sobi     Fatima Abolore Jimoh     IHS     Aiyedun     Baakini     Hassanat Bello     Musbau A. Akanji     Okala Baba     General Hospital, Offa     Oko-Olowo     Shao     Special Agro-Industrial Hub     Umar Ahmed Gunu     Kayode Zubair     Tosho Yaqub     Razak Atunwa     Abubakar B.M     Olatunji Ibrahim     Air Peace     Rebecca Bake     Abdulrahman Onikijipa     Ahmed Shuaib Buranga     Yahaya Abdulkareem Babaita     Kunbi Titiloye     Balogun-Ojomu     Senate Presidency     Abubakar Ndakene     Kishira     Ayo Adeyemi     Hamidat Sulyman-Yusuf     Sunday Otokiti     Damilola Yusuf     Javed Khan     Shehu Alimi Foundation For Peace And Development     Isiaka Oniwa     Ayinke Saka     Haruna Olawale Sulaiman     Sebastine Obasi     Wahab Issa     Hassan Taiye Salam     Alikinla     TVC Female National Debate     Garba Ayodele Wahab     Eruku     Hydro-electric Power Producing Areas Development Commission     Kwara State Infrastructure Development Fund     Pakata     Okanlawon Taiwo     NITDA     Timothy Olatunde Fadipe     Olatinwo     Freshvine Nigeria Limited     Abdulahi Abubakar Bata    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Seun Bolaji     Niyi Osundare     Abdullateef Abdussalam     Yakubu Gobir     Farouk Salim     Kwara United     Shola Odetundun     Kwara State Coalition Of Business And Professional Associations     Federal Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital     Bank Of Industry     Okala Baba     Isiaka Gold     Ibrahim Taiwo Road     Kwara Polytechnic     Lawal Olohungbebe     Innocent Okoye     Goodluck Jonathan     Rebecca Olanrewaju     Solomon Edojah     Adewuyi Funmilayo     Malete     Oba Abu     Basic Education Certificate Examination     Tanke Flyover Bridge     Aishatu Ahmed Gobir     Bello Oyebanji     Oloje     Adedeji Onimago     Special Agro-industrial Processing Zone     Mogaji Aare     Kwara State Television     Senate Presidency     Agboola Babatunde     Asa     Babs Iwarere     Abdulwahab Ololele     Waheed Ibrahim     Kale Bayero     Haruna Tambiri Mohammed     Zara Umar     Prince Bola Ajibola     Ayekale     Undergraduate Bursary     Ophthalmological Society Of Nigeria     Idofin     Yusuf Lanre Badmas     Kumbi Titilope     Budo-Egba     Sidikat Alaya     Markaz Arabic And Islamic Training Institute, Agege     Oba-Solagberu     Olaitan Adefila     Jamila Bio Ibrahim     Kwara Volleyball Association     Aliyu Kora Sabi     IYA YUSUF     Jumoke F. Ajao     KWSUED     Yusuf Amuda Aluko     Ayobami Akanbi     Agor Market     Medview Airlines     Oba Sulaiman Asude     Dele Belgore     Bello Bature     Ramadhan     Saba Mamman Daniel     George Funsho Adebayo     Emir Of Ilorin     Hamid Bobboyi     Lukman Oyebanji Fagbemi     Eleja     Marafan Shonga     Oyin-Zubair     Umar Ahmed Gunu     Taibat Ayinke Ahmed     Tayo Awodiji