Senate President, Senator Godswill Akpabio, insists federal lawmakers will combine campaigns with parliamentary duties as constitutional review, electoral reforms, state police, women’s representation and legislative backlog await September, 2026 resumption, Sunday Aborisade examines the issues at stake.
As the political temperature rises ahead of the 2027 general elections, the 10th National Assembly is approaching perhaps the most delicate phase of its tenure, a period in which lawmakers will be required to perform a difficult balancing act between the demands of electioneering and the constitutional responsibilities for which they were elected.
President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, has sought to settle concerns over the possible collision between politics and parliamentary business, assuring Nigerians that preparations for the 2027 elections will not derail the legislative calendar or diminish the commitment of
lawmakers to their constitutional duties.
His message is emphatic: the National Assembly will not shut down because politicians have begun campaigning.
