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Nigeria senate in session
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The Senate will adjourn plenary today
in honour of the late Senator Uche Chukwumerije. The adjournment is in line
with the tradition of the upper federal legislative chamber.
Chukwumerije, a three-term senator,
was the Chairman, Senate Committee on Education, in the current 7th senate,
until his death on Sunday at a Turkish Hospital in Abuja. He died at the age of
75.
The Senate traditionally honours
dead members by postponing all items on the order paper at the first plenary
after the demise of the member.
The Punch report continues:
The Senate Leader will, immediately
after the chamber is set for the session, request for an adjournment to honour
the late colleague.
His motion for adjournment will then
be seconded by the opposition minority leader while the senate president will
call for voice vote from members after which he will make a pronouncement to
adjourn plenary till the next legislative day.
Meanwhile, the senate said on Monday
that it had lost a political giant with the death of Chukwumerije.
A statement by the senate spokesman,
Enyinnaya Abaribe, described Chukwumerije as a political giant and one of the
nation’s finest legislators.
The statement said the late
lawmaker, who represented Abia North Senatorial District of Abia State in the senate,
was “a repository of legislative tradition and practice.”
The statement read, “The Senate will
surely miss his erudite contributions on the floor of the chamber and his
painstaking approach to committee work.
“Chukwumerije was indeed an
embodiment of legislative tradition and a consummate activist democrat who
loved his people passionately.
“He will be remembered for his deep
love for Ndigbo, which was manifested in his relentless struggle for the total
political and social emancipation of the race over the years.
“The late Senator’s love for Nigeria and her
corporate existence was unprecedented.”
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