southsouthman:
Ops you forgot the part of the constitution that says a member of the national assembly stand to lose his/her seat if the person decamp away from the party for which he is voted into the house where there are no factions. So is it honourable for Tambuwal to resign knowing what the constitution says about decamping. Ops it is wrong for you to mislead the public by referring to only a section of the constitution

Clerverly:
I read an article somewhere, where Oliseh Metuh of PDP, called for the resignation of Hon. Tambuwal for ditching a party on whose majority he rose to the office of the speaker house of Representative.

In his exact words: “After a thorough consideration of the matter, the NWC came to a conclusion that the Hon. Speaker, as a responsible elected officer, knows full well what is needful and honourable of him since his new party is in the minority [in the House]” he said.

I have also read some comments offline and online, when some ignorant/paid commentators have started insinuating that Hon Tambuwal May lose his office for simply not fulfilling the requirements of the law as regards the position of speaker.

It is very unfortunate that some Nigerians including public office holders are too lazy, to read the elementary sections of our Constitution, some of which are self explanatory.

Now, let us examine what Chapter V, Part 1 (Composition Of National Assembly) sections 47 -50 of the Constitution Of The Federal Republic Of Nigeria holds:


There shall be a National Assembly for the Federation which shall consist of a Senate and a House of Representatives.

48. The Senate shall consist of three Senators from each State and one from the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.

49. Subject to the provisions of this Constitution, the House of Representatives shall consist of three hundred and sixty members representing constituencies of nearly equal population as far as possible, provided that no constituency shall fall within more than one State.

50. (1) There shall be:-

(a) a President and a Deputy President of the Senate, who shall be elected by the members of that House from among themselves; and

(b) a Speaker and a Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, who shall be elected by the members of that House from among themselves.

(2) The President or Deputy President of the Senate or the Speaker or Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives shall vacate his office -

(a) if he ceases to be a member of the Senate or of the House of Representatives, as the case may be, otherwise than by reason of a dissolution of the Senate or the House of Representatives; or

(b) when the House of which he was a member first sits after any dissolution of that House; or

(c) if he is removed from office by a resolution of the Senate or of the House of Representatives, as the case may be, by the votes of not less than two-thirds majority of the members of that House.

So where did PDP find the supposedly "loophole" or authority in law, in asking Hon. Tambuwal to resign? The only option left for them, is to rally their members and see if they can muster the required number when plenary resumes in decemeber, in order to satisfy Section 50, subsection 2 C as highlighted above.

Anything else is calling for anarchy!

CC; Barcanista, Omenka, Berem, Obiagelli, Neenar, Donphilopus, ibsultan, Gbawe,pataki, edcure, pendy97, and the progressives!

southsouthman:
Ops you forgot the part of the constitution that says a member of the national assembly stand to lose his/her seat if the person decamp away from the party for which he is voted into the house where there are no factions. So is it honourable for Tambuwal to resign knowing what the constitution says about decamping. Ops it is wrong for you to mislead the public by referring to only a section of the constitution

patriotic007:
when i see our so called progressives rejoice that people like tambuwal.sylva.atiku.yako.has joined them i jus bow my head in shame........these people are corrupt waste products from PDP..........they decamp and suddenly they become saints and progressives.........mtchew

Clerverly:
I read an article somewhere, where Oliseh Metuh of PDP, called for the resignation of Hon. Tambuwal for ditching a party on whose majority he rose to the office of the speaker house of Representative.

In his exact words: “After a thorough consideration of the matter, the NWC came to a conclusion that the Hon. Speaker, as a responsible elected officer, knows full well what is needful and honourable of him since his new party is in the minority [in the House]” he said.

I have also read some comments offline and online, when some ignorant/paid commentators have started insinuating that Hon Tambuwal May lose his office for simply not fulfilling the requirements of the law as regards the position of speaker.

It is very unfortunate that some Nigerians including public office holders are too lazy, to read the elementary sections of our Constitution, some of which are self explanatory.

Now, let us examine what Chapter V, Part 1 (Composition Of National Assembly) sections 47 -50 of the Constitution Of The Federal Republic Of Nigeria holds:


There shall be a National Assembly for the Federation which shall consist of a Senate and a House of Representatives.

48. The Senate shall consist of three Senators from each State and one from the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.

49. Subject to the provisions of this Constitution, the House of Representatives shall consist of three hundred and sixty members representing constituencies of nearly equal population as far as possible, provided that no constituency shall fall within more than one State.

50. (1) There shall be:-

(a) a President and a Deputy President of the Senate, who shall be elected by the members of that House from among themselves; and

(b) a Speaker and a Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, who shall be elected by the members of that House from among themselves.

(2) The President or Deputy President of the Senate or the Speaker or Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives shall vacate his office -

(a) if he ceases to be a member of the Senate or of the House of Representatives, as the case may be, otherwise than by reason of a dissolution of the Senate or the House of Representatives; or

(b) when the House of which he was a member first sits after any dissolution of that House; or

(c) if he is removed from office by a resolution of the Senate or of the House of Representatives, as the case may be, by the votes of not less than two-thirds majority of the members of that House.

So where did PDP find the supposedly "loophole" or authority in law, in asking Hon. Tambuwal to resign? The only option left for them, is to rally their members and see if they can muster the required number when plenary resumes in decemeber, in order to satisfy Section 50, subsection 2 C as highlighted above.

Anything else is calling for anarchy!

CC; Barcanista, Omenka, Berem, Obiagelli, Neenar, Donphilopus, ibsultan, Gbawe,pataki, edcure, pendy97, and the progressives!

barcanista:
Actually there was a faction as the court had ruled that Oyinlola was the rightful National Secretary of the PDP but the PDP refused to reinstate him. That alone is enough ground that PDP was factionalised during the emergence of the nPDP. Check what constitutes a faction

Clerverly:
I read an article somewhere, where Oliseh Metuh of PDP, called for the resignation of Hon. Tambuwal for ditching a party on whose majority he rose to the office of the speaker house of Representative.

In his exact words: “After a thorough consideration of the matter, the NWC came to a conclusion that the Hon. Speaker, as a responsible elected officer, knows full well what is needful and honourable of him since his new party is in the minority [in the House]” he said.

I have also read some comments offline and online, when some ignorant/paid commentators have started insinuating that Hon Tambuwal May lose his office for simply not fulfilling the requirements of the law as regards the position of speaker.

It is very unfortunate that some Nigerians including public office holders are too lazy, to read the elementary sections of our Constitution, some of which are self explanatory.

Sibabasibaba1:

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So which PDP faction is Oyinlola's? Oyinlola's issue does not make the PDP factionalised. It is just like saying that APC is factionalised because of Ikimi and Sherrif. The newPDP guys wanted to create that impression and the court told the that there was only one PDP, hence most of them moved to APC. Even Oyinlola knows there is no faction hence he went to beg Muazu and GEJ to return as PDP secretary and not a PDP faction secretary.


When late Solomon Lar and co contrived a faction in 2006, an Abuja Federal High court threw their case out telling them there was no faction in PDP.

Section 109(10) (g) of the Constitution is clear. It was based on it that a former Plateau State Speaker, Lalong, and other pro-Dariye lost their seats in 2006.

Also check the Supereme Court judgement on Oloyo vs Alegbe (1985).

Even Tambuwal knows he is wron and that the issue in his state cannot pass for faction. His only luck is that time is on his side,given that it's just few months to election.

pendy79:


You seem not to get it here. A party is made up of people not a block of building. If people within a party disagrees then factionalization is born.

Is there an internal crisis in Ondo State PDP? Do we have factions there now? Is the state exco not dissolved now? Was there an internal crisis and multiple faction in Anambra APGA? Is the APGA immersed in a factional war or did it merged? Did the PDP celebrate the defection of all APGA REPs to the PDP? They bought it upon themselves and our own net has caught a giant FISH.

Clerverly:


You are right! We need to put things in an A, B, C way for the daft, ignorant, and Never-Willing-To-Know Pro PDP posters here!

Clerverly:


You are right! We need to put things in an A, B, C way for the daft, ignorant, and Never-Willing-To-Know Pro PDP posters here!

barcanista:
You don't know what you are saying Mr man. A party is Factionalise when there is a split in the National Executive Committee... That is the interpretation. Oyinlola by law was a member of PDP NEC as at then, Ikimi was not. GET IT STRAIGHT and I am done with this

Sibabasibaba1:

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APGA has two factions: Umeh and Maxi Okwu. There case has been in court for over a year now. At a time, Okwu won in the high court but Umeh later won at the Appeal Court. So, you can't use APGA as an example.

There are no two factions in Ondo. If there are name the chairmen of the factions. The party has internal issues in Ondo but no other faction has emerged until the dissolution. Now, they are engaged in horse-trading.

Now, for a faction to be proved it has to be clear-cut, else people will be leaving there parties every day claiming factions. The courts saw through this, hence they refuse to equate Lar's contrived faction in 2006 and the newPDP in 2013 to factions.

So, Tambuwal CANNOT prove that there is a faction in Sokoto PDP. He knows it. But as I said earlier, he is favoured by time.

Meanwhile, is this thread not about how PDP is so dumb and does not understand the Constitution? That we are arguing now about another section of the Constitution that the IP deliberately refused to cite has put a lie to the impression he tried to create.

Sibabasibaba1:

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APGA has two factions: Umeh and Maxi Okwu. There case has been in court for over a year now. At a time, Okwu won in the high court but Umeh later won at the Appeal Court. So, you can't use APGA as an example.

There are no two factions in Ondo. If there are name the chairmen of the factions. The party has internal issues in Ondo but no other faction has emerged until the dissolution. Now, they are engaged in horse-trading.

Now, for a faction to be proved it has to be clear-cut, else people will be leaving there parties every day claiming factions. The courts saw through this, hence they refuse to equate Lar's contrived faction in 2006 and the newPDP in 2013 to factions.

So, Tambuwal CANNOT prove that there is a faction in Sokoto PDP. He knows it. But as I said earlier, he is favoured by time.

Meanwhile, is this thread not about how PDP is so dumb and does not understand the Constitution? That we are arguing now about another section of the Constitution that the IP deliberately refused to cite has put a lie to the impression he tried to create.

justitiaomnibus:
What is the OP saying? The house is governed 1st by the constitution and secondly by the "Rules of the National Assembly".
Even the courts of the Land up to the supreme court have rules that guides their modus operandi.

It is a conventional rule the world over That a party with majority members in parliament produces the leadership of the house or the even the prime minister as the case may be.

The National Assembly has its rules and procedures because the constitution you quoted also gives the house power to make rules of conduct, procedure and such rule when passed is a law subject to the constitution.

It is the rule of the house that a party with majority members in the parliarment produces the leadership of the house.
How can minority preside over majority?

Why did Tinubu and his APC cohorts have to look for a stooge and pupet in the PDP to contest the leadership of the house?

Tambuwal won Mulikat Akande because all CAN house members voted him and the PDP members from the core north who have always been anti-GEJ voted him. CPC members voted him too. But the fact was that he contested for that position because he was in the PDP. He wouldn't have the locus to stand Election for speaker of the house if he were not in PDP which had and still has the Mojority in the house.

I bet you. Tambuwals speakership can only last as long as the recess last. As soon as the house resumes, he is a goner. He knows that too so he played a fast one asking that the motion for adjournment be moved b4 he told the house about his defection.

And if the polity is overheated by reason of his indiscretion, woe betide any body tha calls JONATHAN.

Let's watch and see.

patriotic007:
when i see our so called progressives rejoice that people like tambuwal.sylva.atiku.yako.has joined them i jus bow my head in shame........these people are corrupt waste products from PDP..........they decamp and suddenly they become saints and progressives.........mtchew

Ibnsultan:
comrade its Ibn not ib. Ibn-son(IbnSultan)

#
The PDP should go ahead and test the ability to remove tambuwal by dec
We will be waiting let them try there popularity
Gej couldn't do the same with SLS

patriotic007:
when i see our so called progressives rejoice that people like tambuwal.sylva.atiku.yako.has joined them i jus bow my head in shame........these people are corrupt waste products from PDP..........they decamp and suddenly they become saints and progressives.........mtchew

Clerverly:
I read an article somewhere, where Oliseh Metuh of PDP, called for the resignation of Hon. Tambuwal for ditching a party on whose majority he rose to the office of the speaker house of Representative.

In his exact words: “After a thorough consideration of the matter, the NWC came to a conclusion that the Hon. Speaker, as a responsible elected officer, knows full well what is needful and honourable of him since his new party is in the minority [in the House]” he said.

I have also read some comments offline and online, when some ignorant/paid commentators have started insinuating that Hon Tambuwal May lose his office for simply not fulfilling the requirements of the law as regards the position of speaker.

It is very unfortunate that some Nigerians including public office holders are too lazy, to read the elementary sections of our Constitution, some of which are self explanatory.

Now, let us examine what Chapter V, Part 1 (Composition Of National Assembly) sections 47 -50 of the Constitution Of The Federal Republic Of Nigeria holds:


There shall be a National Assembly for the Federation which shall consist of a Senate and a House of Representatives.

48. The Senate shall consist of three Senators from each State and one from the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.

49. Subject to the provisions of this Constitution, the House of Representatives shall consist of three hundred and sixty members representing constituencies of nearly equal population as far as possible, provided that no constituency shall fall within more than one State.

50. (1) There shall be:-

(a) a President and a Deputy President of the Senate, who shall be elected by the members of that House from among themselves; and

(b) a Speaker and a Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, who shall be elected by the members of that House from among themselves.

(2) The President or Deputy President of the Senate or the Speaker or Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives shall vacate his office -

(a) if he ceases to be a member of the Senate or of the House of Representatives, as the case may be, otherwise than by reason of a dissolution of the Senate or the House of Representatives; or

(b) when the House of which he was a member first sits after any dissolution of that House; or

(c) if he is removed from office by a resolution of the Senate or of the House of Representatives, as the case may be, by the votes of not less than two-thirds majority of the members of that House.

So where did PDP find the supposedly "loophole" or authority in law, in asking Hon. Tambuwal to resign? The only option left for them, is to rally their members and see if they can muster the required number when plenary resumes in decemeber, in order to satisfy Section 50, subsection 2 C as highlighted above.

Anything else is calling for anarchy!

CC; Barcanista, Omenka, Berem, Obiagelli, Neenar, Donphilopus, ibsultan, Gbawe,pataki, edcure, pendy97, and the progressives!