National Assembly of Nigeria has officially designated June 12 as the annual day for the President to address a joint session of the legislature.
Gatekeepers News reports that the decision was made during a special Democracy Day session held at the National Assembly Complex in Abuja, where President Bola Tinubu delivered a notable commemorative address to the lawmakers.
Senate President Godswill Akpabio presided over the session and announced the formalisation of this date following a motion presented by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas.
“Mr President, in the eloquent speech by the Honourable Speaker Tajudeen Abbas, he raised a motion that June 12 should be formalised as the Presidential Day of Address to the joint session of the National Assembly. I hereby put the question,” Akpabio said, drawing responses from the floor.
“Those in support of the motion, moved and seconded, say ‘Aye’; those against say ‘Nay’. The ‘Ayes’ have it,” he ruled.
Addressing President Tinubu directly, Akpabio added, “Mr President, that is the motion of the National Assembly, done in your presence. Mr Speaker, the statistics do not lie—we are quite happy with the data you rolled out and the House that we all run”.
