The House of Representatives will tuesday reconvene from recess after the gubernatorial and state assembly elections conducted in 29 States across the country.
However, the lawmakers will not sit in plenary today as a mark of honour to the late member of the House, Hon. Temitope Olatoye popularly known as Sugar.
Hon. Olatoye was shot dead in Ibadan during the election on Saturday. He died at the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan. Before his death, he was representing Lagelu/Akinyele federal constituency of Oyo state.
He was elected to the House in 2015, but defected to the ADC to contest for a senatorial seat.
On Wednesday, the House is expected to attend to the following bills, which were stood down on February 19.
They include: a Bill for an Act to Amend the Federal Colleges of Education Act F8, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 2004; and for Related Matters (HB 1452)
Others are: A Bill for an Act to Amend the Trafficking in Persons (Prohibition) Enforce and Administration Act, to Establish Special Trafficking Court and A Mandatory Annual Codified Training on the Subjects of Human Trafficking, Modern Day Slavery and Protection of Victims, Expand the Composition of the Governing g Board of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) by including members from the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Increase Penalties and Criminalize Certain Offences including Patronage of Commercial Sex; and for Related Matters ( HB, 1559) and some motions.
Recall that the House had hurriedly adjourned plenary till March 11, when it could not form quorum after its resumption from the Presidential and National Assembly elections break.
Speaker of the House, Hon. Yakubu Dogara who presided over the brief sitting had said that the House could not form a quorum as only twelve (12) lawmakers were in attendance at the plenary.
Other members present at the plenary were chairman rules and business committee, Hon. Edward Pwajok SAN (PDP, Plateau), Hon. Chika Adamu (APC, Niger) and Hon. Bashir Adamu (APC, Kano).
