A stench from the National Assembly toilets and the lack of water forced the members to quickly review the motions before it and adjourn their sitting till November 17th. According to reports, the situation was so bad that the odor infiltrated into the green chambers where the house members were deliberating on the day's motion. The House sitting was presided over by deputy speaker, Yusuff Lasun.
A member of the house representing Obubra/Etung Federal Constituency of Cross River State, Michael Etaba, had in a Point of Order lamented that the entire environ was smelling and that water was not running in his office. He said that the chamber was not conducive as a result of the stench.