By Our Correspondent
The Senate has summoned the Service Chiefs to a meeting on Wednesday over the deteriorating security situation in the country.
This development also made the Senate Committee on Banking, Insurance and other Financial Institutions to postpone its meeting with the CBN Governor, Yemi Cardoso for Tuesday February 6, 2024.
Postponing the meeting, Chairman Banking Committee, Senator Tokumbo Abiru said “our plan today is to have a session with the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN and the essence of the meeting is well known to all of us, which has to do with the economic situation in the country. But some how, the CBN governor has been held back in the House of Representatives as the House tries to do consultations with him regarding the situation of the economy as well.
He said that was why the meeting was initially delayed, adding that their part “we should be rational in trying to see reasons with our brothers and sisters in the House of Representatives and the CBN governor.
“To that extent, on our part we have to adjourn our own to Friday February 9, 2024.
Another reason according to Senator Abiru, which he deemed proper to explain, was the meeting of the Senate with the Service Chiefs.
“Tomorrow, we have a session with the Service Chiefs and that may extend to Thursday because they are issues of very serious concern to us. In order to play safe, to have enough time to interact properly with the economic team, which means we will extend the invitation beyond the governor to also include the economic team.
“On that note we have resolved to postpone this session Friday February 9, 2024 at 9 am”, he said.
