SPEAKER GBAJABIAMILA ANNOUNCES PRINCIPAL OFFICERS

The Speaker, also named Ndudi Elumelu from Delta State as the House Minority Leader, in contrary to the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) decision, as well as Toby Okechukwu as Minority Leader, Gideon Gwani as Minority Whip and Adesegun Adekoya as Deputy Minority Whip.

Penpushing further reports that,the announcement did not go down well with some lawmakers of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP),who vehemently rejected it, while the opposition party had in a letter announced Kingsley Chinda as its leader in the House.

The party also nominated Chukwuka Onyema as Deputy Minority Leader, Yakubu Barde as Minority Whip and Muraina Ajibola as Deputy Minority Whip.

Penpushing also reports that, the Senate president, Ahmed Lawan, had on Tuesday, announced new Principal officers for the Senate, with Yahaya Mustapha as Seante Leader and seven others as Principal officers of the Senate.