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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