The Speaker of the House of
Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, has announced Alhassan Doguwa as the leader
of the house.
Mr Gbajabiamila made the
announcement on Thursday during plenary.
Also appointed were Peter
Akpatason as Deputy Leader, Tahir Monguno as Chief Whip and Nkeiruka Onyejeocha
as Deputy Chief Whip.
Mr Doguwa who represents
Doguwa/Tudun Wada federal constituency is the immediate past Chief Whip of the
House.
Similar appointments were
announced for minority leaders on Wednesday.
The Speaker, contrary to the
People’s Democratic Party (PDP) decision, had named Ndudi Elumelu as the House
Minority Leader.
Mr Elumelu from Delta State was
named alongside Toby Okechukwu as Minority Leader, Gideon Gwani as Minority
Whip and Adesegun Adekoya as Deputy Minority Whip.
The announcement was vehemently
rejected by some lawmakers of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
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.
Ahmed Lawan, the Senate
president, had on Tuesday, also announced new principal officers for the
Senate.
During plenary on Tuesday, Mr
Lawan announced Yahaya Mustapha as Seante Leader and seven others as principal
officers of the Senate.
Messrs Mustapha (Kebbi) and
Doguwa (Kano) are both from the North-Western zone of the country.
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