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Senate winds up, holds valedictory session June 6

Clement Daniel with Agency report
Clement Daniel with Agency report
Opposition parties senators stage walkout in plenary
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The 8th Senate will hold its valedictory session on June 6 as it announced the ends of its business session Thursday.

The Deputy President of the Senate, Ike Ekweremadu, made the announcement during plenary which he presided over.

“I want to thank all of us who are here present for today’s plenary. Today marks the end of our business session.

“We will be meeting on June 6 for our valedictory session. I want to appeal to all our colleagues to be present,” said Ekweremadu.

The 8th Senate, which was inaugurated on June 9, 2015, will be coming to an end after its valedictory session, to pave way for inauguration of the 9th National Assembly.

Nigeria operates a bicameral government, with the Senate as the upper chamber.

It is made up 109 lawmakers, with equal representation of three lawmakers from each of the 36 states.

Since the return of democracy in 1999, each session of the National Assembly, which the Senate is part of, has a tenure of four years, after which elections are conducted and a new session commences.

Meanwhile, the President of the Senate is the Presiding Officer of the Senate, the Chairman of the National Assembly and third in the Nigerian presidential line of succession.

His key mandate is to guide and regulate proceedings in the Senate.

He is assisted by the Deputy President of the Senate in collaboration with principal officers, which include the Majority Leader, Deputy Majority Leader and Minority Leader, Deputy Minority Leader.

Others are, Chief Whip, Deputy Chief Whip, Minority Whip, and Deputy Minority Whip.

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