House of Reps Postpones Plenary Resumption

The House of Representatives has postponed its resumption of plenary from Tuesday, November 10, to Wednesday, November 11, 2026.

The postponement was communicated in a statement issued by the Clerk of the House, Ibrahim Sidi, on the directive of the Speaker, Tajudeen Abbas.

Sidi attributed the change in schedule to other important national matters requiring the attention of the presiding officers.

He expressed regret over any inconvenience the sudden adjustment might cause members, while appealing to lawmakers to resume legislative activities on Wednesday as scheduled.

The House had last week announced that lawmakers would resume plenary on Tuesday, November 10, following an earlier adjournment.

The latest development comes amid several issues requiring the attention of the lawmakers, including growing concerns over telecommunications services in the country and a legal dispute involving the House and major network operators.

As previously reported, telecommunications operators in Nigeria have dragged the House of Representatives before the Federal High Court in Abuja, seeking to stop lawmakers from investigating persistent poor network services across the country.

The lawsuit was filed on November 4 by the Registered Trustees of the Association of Licensed Telecommunications Operators of Nigeria (ALTON), MTN Nigeria Communications Plc, Airtel Networks Limited, Globacom Limited and Emerging Markets Telecommunication Services Limited, operators of 9mobile.

The companies are challenging the constitutional authority of the National Assembly to investigate telecommunications service quality, arguing that such responsibilities fall within the statutory regulatory powers of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC).

It followed summonses issued on October 29 by the House ad hoc committee on quality of service, directing the chief executives of the telecommunications companies to appear before it and submit relevant documents concerning their operations.

The operators are asking the court to determine whether the lawmakers have the constitutional authority to investigate issues relating to telecommunications service quality.

They argued that Sections 88 and 89 of the 1999 Constitution limit the investigative powers of the National Assembly to specific matters, including assisting in making laws, exposing corruption and examining the execution of laws and administration of public funds.

The companies also maintained that the Nigerian Communications Act 2003 and the Nigerian Communications (Quality of Service) Regulations 2024 empower the NCC to establish and enforce service quality standards in the telecommunications industry.

They consequently asked the court to nullify the summonses and restrain the lawmakers from compelling their chief executives to appear before the committee or produce documents.

The dispute followed threats by the House to issue arrest warrants against the chief executives of MTN, Airtel, Globacom, Mafab Communications and other operators over persistent complaints about poor network services.

The lawmakers had directed the companies to appear before the committee on November 4 to explain recurring service failures affecting millions of subscribers.

The complaints included dropped calls, slow internet connections, failed airtime and data transactions, poor network coverage and unreliable services in several communities.

The committee, chaired by Olumide Osoba, had rejected an attempt by ALTON to represent the telecommunications companies through its chairman, Gbenga Adebayo, insisting that the chief executives and senior management officials must personally account for their organisations’ performance.

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