Activities resumed at the National Assembly on Tuesday, 25 November 2014 after it was shut down following the crisis that erupted in an attempt to prevent the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Aminu Tambuwal, from accessing the National Assembly complex to perform his constitutional duty. It will be recalled that the incident, which took place on 20 November, resulted in the use of teargas by the police on Federal lawmakers and their legislative aides. The teargas was purported to have been used in a bid to stop the legislators from sitting. The Chairman of the National Assembly, Sen. David Mark, announced the shutdown of the National parliament until Tuesday. The Senate is billed to deliberate exclusively on the matter during Wednesday’s plenary session. The Senate had also summoned the Inspector General of Police to appear before it to explain the role of the police in the whole saga. However, the IGP sent a Deputy Inspector General of Police to answer to the senate, but he was rejected by the apex chamber, insisting the IGP must make himself available. Meanwhile, the Senate played host to the Service Chiefs, who were said to have been invited to brief the senate on the measures taken to curb insecurity in the country. The meeting with the Service Chiefs lasted for more than 6 hours in closed doors. Also, the Senate President hinted that no discussion has further been made on the request for the extension of State of Emergency in Borno, Adamawa and Yobe states.

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