By Agbaenu Oyale, Abuja
The Senate on Wednesday said it will proceed on a three-week Easter break from Thursday.
The lawmakers would however be holding committee meetings within the 19 days Easter break.
Senate President Ahmad Lawan stated this at the end of plenary on Wednesday.
Lawan said that the break would commence Thursday and last till Tuesday, April 13, 2021.
Meanwhile, the Southern Senators Forum (SSF) has pledged to continue to be united behind the 9th Senate, headed by Sen. Ahmad Lawan.
Deputy Senate President, Ovie Omo-Agege, stated this on Wednesday while unveiling the new leadership of the group at a briefing with journalists at the National Assembly complex, Abuja.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the group had earlier held a meeting that lasted about two hours on Wednesday.
Omo-Agege said that the meeting was an inaugural one for the Southern senators forum.
“As you see, it is customary that in all of the assemblies, the 6th, 7th and 8th senate, we always had a northern senators forum and the southern senators forum.
“The northern senators forum had been inaugurated sometime ago. By June 11 we will have been in the 9th Senate for two years.
“And we felt that it was only proper we inaugurate the leadership of this forum to provide leadership for senators from the southern part of the country.
“We are united; both the northern senators forum and the southern senators forum. We are united behind the leadership of the 9th Senate.”