House Of Reps Adjourns Plenary Over Coronavirus Fears

The House of Representatives has adjourned plenary for two weeks due to the rapid spread of the deadly Coronavirus (COVID-19) across several countries.

The House, on Tuesday, resolved to adjourn plenary to enable the National Assembly management install facilities to screen and detect coronavirus.

The adjournment followed unanimous adoption of an amendment moved by the House Minority Leader, Ndudi Elumelu, who suggested that parliamentary activities should be postponed for two weeks.

Elumelu moved the amendment while members were debating a motion of Urgent Matters of Public Importance on tackling coronavirus by Rep. Josiah Idem.

“I urge the leadership of the National Assembly to suspend plenary for two weeks to allow management to sanitise and put facilities in place to detect the virus.

“Let the Committee on Health and other relevant committees ensure compliance,” he said.

The development came less than a week after Nigeria confirmed its first case of COVID-19 in an Italian who recently travelled into the country from Italy.

THE WHISTLER had also reported that a newly elected member of the Iranian parliament, Mohammad Ali Ramazani Dastak, had died after contracting COVID-19.