The Upper House of the National Assembly is reportedly at the moment, in a closed-door meeting few minutes into the commencement of Thursday plenary, prompted by the list of ministerial nominees believed to have been submitted by the Presidency.
It was gathered that soon after taking the petitions, which is the fifth item in the Order Paper, the President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, announced that the Senators should go into an executive session after the leader, Senator Opeyemi Bamidele representing APC, Ekiti Central had made the announcement.
The Senate was said to have entered into the closed-door session at 11.59am.
It was equally learnt that the meeting may be unconnected with the Ministerial Nominees from President Bola Tinubu.
A source told journalists that the list is already creating problems among the Senators, which explained the need for the meeting.
A sources revealed that the President of the Senate had converged with major stakeholders on Wednesday and it lasted for several hours, adding that the President of the Senate was already in possession of the list which may be read after the closed door or next week since there will be no plenary tomorrow
