Senate Summons Emergency Plenary For June 23 Over Security Situation

The Senate has announced an emergency plenary session scheduled for June 23, 2026, to deliberate on pressing national matters, with particular focus on the country’s security situation and other urgent concerns requiring immediate legislative intervention.

In a notice dated June 15 and signed by the Clerk of the Senate, Emmanuel Odo, lawmakers were informed that the upper legislative chamber would temporarily reconvene despite being on recess to address issues considered critical to national stability and governance.

According to the notice, the emergency sitting was convened at the directive of the President of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio.

The plenary session is scheduled to hold on Tuesday, June 23, 2026, at 11:00 a.m. at the National Assembly Complex, Abuja.

The notice stated that the emergency sitting would provide lawmakers the opportunity to consider “matters of urgent national importance,” particularly issues relating to national security and other critical concerns that demand immediate legislative attention.

“The purpose of this emergency sitting is to enable the Senate consider matters of urgent national importance, particularly issues relating to national security and other critical concerns that require immediate legislative attention,” the notice read.

The notice further stated: “The Senate deeply regrets any inconvenience that this emergency sitting may occasion.

“Distinguished Senators are kindly requested to make necessary arrangements to attend the sitting.”

The emergency session cuts short the Senate’s recess. The upper legislative chamber had adjourned plenary on June 11 and was scheduled to resume on July 7.

The development comes as concerns continue to mount over security challenges in several parts of the country, prompting calls for urgent government action and legislative intervention.

On Monday, the House of Representatives also reconvened for an emergency sitting to consider an amendment to the 2025 Appropriation Act extending the implementation period for the capital component of the budget from June 30 to September 30.

The simultaneous emergency sittings by both chambers of the National Assembly underscore the urgency of key national issues requiring legislative attention ahead of the scheduled resumption of plenary in July.