Senate suspends plenary, mourns House member’s death,

The Senate on Tuesday suspended plenary in honour of a member of the House of Representatives, Ossy Chinedu Prestige, who died recently after a brief illness.

The Senate, which resumed plenary after a long Christmas break, had to suspend all legislative activities shortly after the President of the Senate, Dr Ahmad Lawan, formally welcomed his colleagues from vacation.

The Senate Leader, Senator Yahaya Abubakar, had at plenary moved a motion for the upper chamber to observe a minute silence as well as adjourn in honour of Prestige.

After observing the minute silence, Lawan expressed shock and sadness over the death of Prestige who represented Aba North/Aba South Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives from 2015 to 2021.

The Senate President state that the late House member was a good representative of his constituency in the National Assembly and that he touched many lives through his business engagements and charity outreach such as the Prestige Ossy Foundation and The Favoured Initiatives.

He commiserated with Prestige’s family, friends and political associates over the loss and condoled with the government and people of Abia State.