The Rules and Procedures of House of Representatives call for a quorum to consist of a simple majority of the members of the House. Rule 12.1 states: “A quorum shall consist of a simple majority of the members of the Honorable House of Representatives. With that, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Bhofal Chambers called on his colleague to dismiss and return on Thursday. Nagbe argued that when the President declared the State of Emergency, the Senate was not in session. Meanwhile, a member of the House of Representatives, who asked for anonymity told FrontPageAfrica that they did not boycott session as it is been insinuated.

Source: Front Page Africa July 08, 2020 07:41 UTC