Nigerian legislature reconsiders assuming functions of state legislature in light of court ruling

The Senate has said it has not taken any decision to appeal the High Court ruling which restrained the National Assembly from taking over the legislative duties of the Edo State House of Assembly. The two chambers of the nation’s parliament had shortly before embarking on their annual recess penultimate week, passed separate resolutions to assume the roles of the state’s legislature if Governor Godwin Obaseki failed to issue a fresh proclamation letter for the proper inauguration of the 7th Edo Assembly.
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