{"id":11494,"date":"2019-06-13T15:48:43","date_gmt":"2019-06-13T15:48:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\/?p=11494"},"modified":"2019-06-13T15:48:43","modified_gmt":"2019-06-13T15:48:43","slug":"lawan-performs-first-plenary-assignment-as-senate-president-swears-in-okorocha","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/lawan-performs-first-plenary-assignment-as-senate-president-swears-in-okorocha","title":{"rendered":"Lawan performs first plenary assignment as senate president, swears in Okorocha"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sen. Ahmad Lawan, on Thursday, performed his first plenary assignment as the new Nigeria\u2019s Senate President, swearing in Sen. Rochas Okorocha, representing Imo West Senatorial District.<\/p>\n<p>The event took place immediate after the Senate had taken the prayers, approval of votes and proceedings at plenary in the red chamber in Abuja<\/p>\n<p>The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Lawan and Sen. Ovie Omo-Agege were on Tuesday elected by the lawmakers as senate president and deputy senate president respectively.<\/p>\n<p>However, the name of Okorocha, the immediate-past governor of Imo was missing from the senators-elect from the state as a result of the Independent National Electrical Commission (INEC)\u2019s inability to give him a certificate of return.<\/p>\n<p>At Thursday:s plenary, Okorocha took the Oath of Office at the chamber at about 10:39am.<\/p>\n<p>He then advanced to the senate president to have a handshake after signing the necessary documents.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sen. 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