May 28, (THEWILL)- President Bola Tinubu will, on Wednesday, May 29, address a joint sitting of the Senate and the House of Representatives at the National Assembly Complex in Abuja.
In a statement on Monday night, Clerk to the National Assembly, Sani Magaji Tambawal, said the event is to mark 25 years of unbroken democracy in Nigeria.
The President will also commission the National Assembly Library named after him.
Expected at the joint sitting of the National Assembly are: Vice President Kashim Shettima, Chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) and Governor of Kwara State, Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq; Chairman of the Progressives Governors’ Forum (PGF) and Governor of Imo State, Hope Uzodinma; Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Senator George Akume, and the Chief of Staff to the President, Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila.
Others are the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Barrister Nyesom Wike; Clerk to the National Assembly, Alhaji Magaji Tambuwal, and Senior Special Assistants to the President for both the Senate and the House, among others.
Former Head of State, Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar, is expected to present a talk on “Reflections on the Journey to Democracy.”
There will also be commemorative lectures on 25 Years of the National Assembly: Lessons & Opportunities at the joint sitting.
While Gbajabiamila, who served as the Speaker of the 9th House (2019-2023) will deliver a paper on ‘Reflections on the House’, Senator David Mark, GCON, the President of the 6th & 7th Senate (2007-2015), will speak on ‘Reflections on the Senate.’
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