Members of the National Assembly on Saturday revealed why they intended to resume plenary in October, instead of the scheduled September 25.

The Vice-Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Rules and Business, Dr. Bode Ayorinde, Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe, Shehu Sani, Adesoji Akanbi, Mao Ohuabunwa and James Manager were among those who spoke with Punch and urged both the upper and lower chambers to extend its resumption to October.

According to them, joint committees on electoral matters and those on appropriation may find it challenging to conclude their assignments before the end of September.

They equally argued that it would not be proper for members of the two chambers to abandon the primaries of their parties in their various constituencies to resume plenary on September 25.

•Excerpted from a Vanguard report