The dust raised by the election of new principal officers in the Abia State House of Assembly may not have settled, as a ranking PDP legislator, Solomon
Akpulonu has insisted his party remains the majority party in the House, by virtue of its elected members.
At plenary last Friday, the Speaker, Emmanuel Emeruwa announced the names of new principal officers, with no PDP lawmaker making the list. But rejecting the outcome again on Tuesday, the member representing PDP in Obi Ngwa East, Akpulonu maintained that his party remained the majority party, with 11 members.
” There is no rule or law in the House of Assembly that mandates the Speaker to announce principal officers. It was a matter of courtesy but unfortunately, the Speaker came and announced a majority leader ”He further dismissed the understanding between LP, YPP and APC on the floor of the House, insisting that the lawmakers who supported LP should have resigned the membership of their own political parties for such an alliance to be legal.
Nigeria Latest News, Nigeria Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Senate Minority Leader: Tambuwal, Dickson storm PDP SecretariatAhead of Senators and House members' resumption of plenary on Tuesday, Aminu Tambuwal and Seriake Dickson led other senators to the National Secretariat
Read more »
Minority leader: PDP writes Akpabio over nominationsAhead of today’s resumption of the Senate, the leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party has resolved to transmit a letter to the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, to stay action on filling the position of the Senate minority leadership of the upper legislative chamber.
Read more »
PDP NWC meets senate caucus, claims APC meddling in minority leadership selectionThe Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) national working committee (NWC) says consultations are still ongoing to nominate members for the minority leadership positions in the senate. Debo Ologunagba, PDP spokesperson, accused
Read more »
Senator Davou emerges as minority leader, Olarere is deputy | The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World NewsThe Senate on Tuesday named Senator Mwadkwon Simon Davou (PDP, Plateau North) as Minority Leader and Oyewumi Kamorudeen Olarere (PDP Osun West) as Deputy Minority Leader. The 10th Senate has seven minority political parties made up of PDP with 36 senators, Labour Party with eight, Social Democratic Party with two, New Nigerian Peoples Party with […]
Read more »
Opposition against Tambuwal heightens in race for senate minority leader | TheCableThere is mounting opposition against Aminu Tambuwal, senator representing Sokoto south, for the position of senate minority leader.
Read more »
Tambuwal loses out as Mwadkwon, Plateau north senator, becomes minority leader | TheCableSimon Mwadkwon, senator representing Plateau north, has beaten Aminu Tambuwal, senator representing Sokoto south, to become minority leader of the upper legislative chamber.
Read more »