{"id":123591,"date":"2025-11-05T08:38:33","date_gmt":"2025-11-05T07:38:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=123591"},"modified":"2025-11-05T08:38:33","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T07:38:33","slug":"house-reverses-decision-to-reconvene-wednesday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/house-reverses-decision-to-reconvene-wednesday\/","title":{"rendered":"House Reverses Decision, to Reconvene Wednesday"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">By Tracy Moses<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The House of Representatives has reversed its earlier decision to suspend sittings for a week, announcing that it will now reconvene for plenary on Wednesday, November 5, 2025.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">This change of plan was disclosed in a statement issued on Tuesday evening by the House Spokesman, Akin Rotimi. According to the statement, the decision to resume earlier than scheduled was informed by encouraging progress made through consultations and interventions at various levels of government on the matters that led to the initial adjournment.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Recall that during Tuesday\u2019s plenary, the House had resolved to adjourn for one week to allow further consultations and executive\u2013legislative engagements over the delayed release of funds approved in the 2024\/2025 budget, as well as concerns raised by contractors affected by the delay.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">However, just hours after the adjournment, the Clerk of the House, Dr. Yahaya Danzaria, Esq., circulated a notice to members indicating that plenary would resume on Wednesday. He stated that the early reconvening would afford the House Leadership the opportunity to brief members on the progress made in addressing the issues and to deliberate on other urgent national matters.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">At the resumed sitting, the House is expected to officially rescind its earlier resolution on adjournment and continue with legislative proceedings.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Members have been advised to make adequate arrangements to ensure their presence at the plenary.<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Tracy Moses The House of Representatives has reversed its earlier decision to suspend sittings for a week, announcing that it will now reconvene for plenary on Wednesday, November 5,&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":123592,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-123591","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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