Reps adjourn House resumption for party primaries

The House of Representatives has postponed its scheduled resumption of plenary from today (Wednesday) to December 16.

A statement by the Clerk to the House, Mr. Mohammed Sani-Omolori, late on Tuesday, explained that the decision was to allow members to participate in the primaries of their respective political parties.

It added that the House had to postpone the resumption after the parties adjusted their initial calendar for the primaries.

'The House will now resume on Tuesday, December 16, 2014 at 10am.

'The leadership of the House took note of the adjustment in the calendar of the political parties and took the decision for the postponement to allow members of the House participate in the forthcoming primaries of their political parties,' part of Sani-Omolori's statement read.