Breaking: Senators engage in closed session after resumption of plenary

Members of the Nigerian senate upon resumption of plenary Tuesday morning went into a 92 minutes closed sesson from 10.30am to 12.02 pm.
Members of the National Assembly  resumed plenary after about five weeks of recess over the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
The lawmakers in the Senate and House of Representatives chambers returned to the Assembly complex in Abuja on Tuesday after they went on break as part of measures to curb the spread of COVID-19 in the country.

In the upper house, the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, led the lawmakers into the chamber after which plenary started at about 10:30am as soon as the lawmakers were seated.
Amid the rising cases of COVID-19 in the country, the senators were asked to maintain social distance inside the chamber by giving a space of two seats between themselves.
After the adoption of votes and proceedings of the last sitting, the senate president did not give details of what was discussed in the executive session, but it was gathered that the senators resolved that their interest must be captured in the FG”s palliative proposal/bill.
 Lawan read a letter from President Buhari seeking the approval of the senate to raise a fresh loan of N850 billion  from the domestic capital market to ensure adequate funds to finance projects in the 2020 budget.