Nigerian Senate April 21 2026: Tribute to Late Rep. Danjuma Hassan
On Tuesday, 21st April 2026, the Nigerian Senate held a brief sitting whose main business was a formal tribute to late House of Representatives member, Barrister Muhammad Danjuma Hassan, who died on 4th April 2026. The Senate planned to observe a minute's silence and suspend plenary in his honour, standing in solidarity with the House of Representatives. Two Senate committee meetings were also scheduled to hold the same day.
The Nigerian Senate's Order Paper for Tuesday, 21st April 2026 shows a sitting dominated by a single major motion — a tribute to the late Honourable Barrister Muhammad Danjuma Hassan, who represented Dawakin Kudu/Warawa Federal Constituency in Kano State in the House of Representatives until his death on 4th April 2026. He was 65 years old.
The motion, sponsored by Senate Leader Senator Michael Opeyemi Bamidele (Ekiti Central), asked the Senate to observe a one-minute silence in his memory and then suspend plenary as a mark of respect. The Senate noted that before his election to the House of Representatives, the late lawmaker had served as Director of Drafting in the National Assembly's Directorate of Legal Services.
No bills were listed for first, second, or third reading on this sitting day, and no petitions or committee reports were scheduled for plenary consideration.
Apart from the plenary tribute, two Senate committee meetings were listed: the Committee on Ethics, Code of Conduct and Public Petition, scheduled for 2:00pm in Meeting Room 120, and the Ad-hoc Committee on the Investigation of the Nigeria Railway System, scheduled for 3:00pm in Meeting Room 211, both at the Senate New Building in Abuja.
