The National Assembly will today consider a letter by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on emergency rule declaration in Rivers State.

The letter to the two chambers of the Assembly was initially scheduled for reading to the members yesterday.

In the Senate, a motion for consideration of the letter was stood down twice.

The Nation learnt that the decision by the Senate leadership to step down the motion was because members in chambers were not enough to muster 73 votes required to approve a state of emergency.

Some Senators were not present because of the ongoing Ramadan fast. Some are presently in Saudi Arabia for the lesser Hajj.

To ensure that the motion was tabled today, Senators who are out of Abuja are being recalled to attend plenary.

Chairman of the Senate Committee on Inter-Parliamentary Affairs, Jimoh Ibrahim, who confirmed the development,  assured that the debate and consideration of the proclamation would take place today.

“First thing tomorrow (today) morning, information will go to other members, so members are fasting, they are praying in their homes. Tomorrow they will be here,’’ he said.