Mark leads senators to Czech Republic for inter-parliamentary programme

The President of the Senate, Senator David Mark, will on Sunday leave for the Czech Republic for the inter-parliamentary exchange programme with his counterparts in that country.
On the delegation with Mark are the Senate Leader, Senator Victor Ndoma-Egba, SAN; the Chairman, Senate Committee on Inter-Parliamentary Affairs, Abdulazeez Usman; Chris Anyanwu; and Domingo Obende.
On arrival, the Nigerian Senate delegation will pay courtesy visits on the President of Czech Republic, Milos Zeman, and the Prime Minister of the government of the Czech Republic, Petr Necas.
Mark will thereafter meet with the President of the Senate of the Czech Parliament, Milan Stech, where he will address the Senate at the Kolowrat Palace, the Green Lounge, on “Nigerian democracy, the achievements and challenges.”
The Senate president is expected to hold talks with the Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic. Miroslava Nemcova.
Senator Mark will meet with the Inter-Parliamentary Friendship Group, the Czech Republic-States of the Sub-Saharan Africa.
He will also undertake a guided tour of the Exhibition Hall of the Senate of the Parliament of the Czech Republic Trcka’s gallery.
Before returning to Nigeria on June 13, 2013, Senator Mark will address the Nigerian Community in Czech Republic.