The President of the Nigerian Senate, Godswill Akpabio, has made a strong case for collaboration between the Nigerian parliament and its Serbian counterpart to extract mutual benefits.
Akpabio made this call yesterday during a meeting with the President of the Serbia Parliament, Ana Brnabic, in London.
A statement by his Special Assistant on Media, Jackson Udom which was made available to Africa Today News, New York said Akpabio and Brnabic, extensively discussed issues of mutual interest to both nations and how to improve parliamentary collaborations between Serbia and Nigeria.
“The meeting, which was at the request of Ms Brnabić, also discussed matters relating to the International Parliamentary Union(IPU). The two parliamentarians have also agreed to meet again soon. The Serbian lawmaker used the meeting to formally invite Nigeria’s Senate President to Serbia, on a yet-to-be-announced date,” the statement said.
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Senator Akpabio was recently elected into the Executive Committee of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU).
Akpabio, the release added, was accompanied to the meeting by the Chairman, Senate Committee on Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Asuquo Ekpenyong, and Nigeria’s Acting High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, Cyprian Terseer Heens.
Meanwhile, the Nigerian Senate has postponed the resumption of plenary from the 23rd of April 2024 to the 30th.
The postponement was contained in a notice issued by the Clerk to Senate, Chinedu Akubueze which was released on Thursday in Abuja.
Part of the notice read: “Distinguished Senators are hereby, respectfully informed that resumption of plenary, which was earlier postponed to Tuesday 23rd April 2024, has further been postponed to *Tuesday 30th April 2024 at 11 am.
“Kindly note that the plenary sitting will be held at the main Chamber of the Senate.
“All inconveniences this postponement may cause Distinguished Senators are highly regretted, please.”
Africa Today News, New York reports that the latest postponement is the second since Lawmakers in the upper and lower legislative Chambers went on Easter and Sallah recess.