The Nigerian senate on Thursday adjourned sitting to September 29.
This is the third time it will be embarking on a recess, but this appears to be the longest.
On June 10, a day after its inauguration, it adjourned for a week, and on June 25 it adjourned until July 28; before adjourning to September 29 on Thursday.
Ali Ndume, senate majority leader, moved the motion for adjournment while Godswill Akpabio, senate minority leader, seconded it.
Before it adjourned, the senate took the last motion regarding the “worrisome and unstable position of the Nigeria aviation industry,” moved by Bala Ibn Na’Allah (Kebbi south).
It observed “with serious concern the near crisis in the aviation sector with domestic airlines requesting bail-outs.”
To address the problem, it set up an ad-hoc committee to probe the sector, and to look into the “desirability or otherwise of granting bail-out to existing airlines and make recommendations”.
Some members of the committee are Stella Oduah (Anambra), a former aviation minister, and Kabiru Marafa (Zamfara).
While the recess lasts, the committees would be carrying out their functions.
