“While the house encourages the public and all media outfits to verify and refer to the Certified True Copy of the court’s order in all further social commentary or report on the subject matter.” InfectiousDisease HouseofReps Nigeria
Spokesperson of the house, Benjamin Kalu, in a statement yesterday, expressed dismay over reports by a section of the media that a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja had ordered the house to suspend consideration of the controversial bill.
It maintained that it was unfortunate that the interim order was wrongly reported by a section of the media. “While the respondents await official service of processes in the above-mentioned suit as directed by the court, the house reiterates that as a creation of the Nigerian constitution, it will continue to perform its lawful mandate without jeopardising its healthy deference to the judicial system and the process of adjudication.
According to the house, although the applicant, by way of a motion ex parte, sought a court order suspending the consideration of the bill by the house, the court, in its wisdom and in the interest of justice and fair hearing, declined to grant the reliefs sought by the applicant, to enable the respondents in the case to appear before it and enter a defence.
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