Nigeria, March 20 -- The National Assembly is set to discuss President Bola Ahmed Tinubu's controversial emergency declaration for Rivers State today.

The decision has sparked political tension and raised constitutional concerns following unexpected delays in both chambers.

The letter outlining the emergency declaration was supposed to be read in both the Senate and the House of Representatives yesterday but was delayed.

In the Senate, the motion was postponed twice due to a lack of quorum, as many senators were absent, reportedly because of Ramadan observances or pilgrimages to Saudi Arabia.

Senator Jimoh Ibrahim, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Inter-Parliamentary Affairs, confirmed that absent lawmakers were being recalled to A...