Senate resumes as Visible Construction delivers chambers

By Iyojo Ameh

After forty days of recess , the Senate resumes plenary Tuesday, as Visible Construction , a Subsidiary of Laralek Ultimate Group of Companies that handled renovation of chambers of the National Assembly , delivers them at the nick of time for usage .

Both the Senate and the House of Representatives , had at the commencement of the renovation work in September 2022, relocated to temporary Chambers for plenary proceedings where the 9th National Assembly, eventually ended its session sine die .

However , the 10th National Assembly which was inaugurated at the temporary chambers on Tuesday, June 13, 2023, impressed it upon the construction company to expeditiously complete the renovation work .

Ten months after , the indigenous construction company is delivering the reconfigured chambers to both the Senate and the House of Representatives .

The chambers which are located within the White House , were built by Arab Contractors , a foreign firm in 1997/ 1998 under the late General Sani Abacha led military government.

Findings show that Visible Construction , is the first indigenous firm to be engaged in construction and renovation work at the National Assembly

Apparently impressed with the renovation work on the Chambers by Visible Construction , some staff of the National Assembly who spoke to our reporter , expressed satisfaction with the work done .

One of them who pleaded for anonymity, said the reconfigured Chambers , has now made National Assembly to level up with other parliaments in the world in terms of state of the arts facilities and equipments .

“Senators and members of the House of Representatives now have very conducive chambers for plenary proceedings “, he said .