By Abdallah el-Kurebe, Editor
#TrackNigeria: Senate President Bukola Saraki on Saturday morning arrived Doha in Qatar, as leader of the National Assembly (NASS) delegation to the 140th Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) meeting which holds between April 5th and 8th, 2019.
According to a statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the Senate President, Sanni Onogu made available to Newsdiaryonline Saturday, the Deputy Speaker, Hon. Yussuff Lasun Suleimon is the Deputy leader of the delegation.
Other lawmakers on the trip include Senators Duro Faseyi and Ibrahim Rafiu Adebayo.
Hon. Ikon Samuel Okon, Hon. Igbokwe Raphael Nnanna, Hon. Fulata Abubakar Hassan, Hon. Goodhead Boma and Hon. Dasuki Abdussammad, are also part of the delegation.
NASS officials on the trip include the Clerk to the Senate, Mr. Nelson Ayewoh; Director, General Duties, Ms. Navati Illiya; Director (H/R), Mr. Atiku Ibrahim; Director, Secretary to the Delegation, Shehu Umar and Clerk, Inter-Parliamentary Affairs, Mr. Bernard Okoh, among others.
The statement added that Saraki is expected to make a presentation on the topic: “Parliaments as platforms to enhance education for peace, security and rule of law” during the General Assembly of the IPU, Sunday.
“He is also expected to hold bilateral meetings with the President of the IPU, Ms Gabriela Cuevas Baron; Speaker of the Qatar Parliament/Chairman of the Consultative Assembly of Qatar, Ahmad Bin Abdullah Bin Zaid Al Mahmoud; United Nations (UN) Undersecretary, Mr. Vladimir Voronkov and the Speaker of the Parliament of Kenya, Mr, Kenneth Lusaka.
“The Senate President is also expected to take a complimentary tour of Aljazera Headquarters as well as meet with an executive of the global television outlet, Mr. Naseer Al-Saadi,”
The delegation is expected back in the country on Tuesday.
