As the 10th National Assembly resumed plenary on Tuesday after the Salah holiday, Speaker Tajudeen Abbas has announced the principal officers for the 10th House of Representatives.
TheNewsGuru.com reports that as tradition demands after the inauguration of the 10th national assembly and election of the Speaker and his Deputy, the speaker constituted some Adhoc Committees to help in the running of the house pending when the standing committees would be constituted.
But the principal officers had not been named both for the Majority and Minority parties
Speaker Abbas who read the letter form the minority caucus and the All Progressive Congress said:
“According to the standing rules that member of the minority party’s shall nominate the Minority Leader, Deputy Minority Leader, Minority Whip and Deputy Minority Whip, all coming from the minority parties in the House”.
“While for the minority parties, Hon. Kingsley Chinda of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is the Minority Leader, while Deputy Minority Leader is Hon Ozodinobi George of the Labour Party, Minority Whip is Hon. Ali Issa also of the PDP and Deputy Minority Whip is Hon. Aliyu Madaki of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP).
The Speaker also announced Hon. Julius Ihombvere as Majority Leader, Deputy Majority Leader is Halims Abdullahi and Chief Whip is Bello Kumo, Deputy Chief Whip – Adewumi Onanuga.
Hon. Onanuga is the only female in the house leadership.
Details shortly….