Senate Suspends Plenary in Honour of Late House Member

By Deji Elumoye

The Senate on Tuesday suspended plenary in deference to the death of a member of the House of Representatives, Hon. Ossy Chinedu Prestige.

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 Hon. Prestige who died recently after a brief illness.
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.
According to him, the departed lawmaker will be sorely missed by all his colleagues in the National Assembly.
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.
While commiserating with Prestige’s family, friends and political associates over his irreparable loss, Lawan also condoled with the government and people of Abia State and prayed that God Almighty would grant them the fortitude to bear the loss.