The National Assembly bureaucracy has asked members of the House of Representatives to pack all their personal belongings out of their offices latest Monday, May 18 (today), with just 17 days to the end of their tenure.

Findings by The PUNCH on Sunday showed that an internal memo from the management conveyed the directive to the 360 outgoing lawmakers.

Senior legislative aides and other non-civil service members of staff in the lawmakers’ offices reportedly received a similar memo.

“They started receiving the memo on Wednesday last week, specifically asking them to move their personal effects out of the offices by May 18 (today).

“Many of them actually started complying almost immediately, particularly members who are not coming back to be part of the 8th Assembly.

“I have seen a couple of lawmakers’ aides moving personal property out of the offices since the memo came in,” a National Assembly source informed The PUNCH in Abuja on Sunday.

More than 233 of the current members will be out of the House by June 5, though the memo was addressed to both returning and non-returning ones.

One official, who did not want to be named, claimed that the directive was “procedural” and meant to prepare the offices for re-allocation in the weeks ahead.

The official explained, “We have to prepare the offices because there is a lot of work ahead to be done.

[i]“We are welcoming a new House. Most of the offices will be re-allocated. The name tags will change. Some ranking members will have to change offices.

“The same thing will apply to the sitting arrangements in the chambers. If we don’t start work now, we will not meet up with the schedule before the inauguration of the 8th Assembly.”

[/i]The official added that, “with or without memo,” it was expected that members would start moving their belongings out of the offices since the tenure was over.

When contacted, the Chairman, House Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Mr. Zakari Mohammed, confirmed knowledge of the memo, but he dismissed it as “nothing serious.”

He said, “That one (memo) is nothing serious. I think it has to do with some renovations or repairs that they have to do in some of the offices.

“It is just to say, ‘give some space for the repairs’, a normal thing that happens.”


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Anything that has a beginning also has an end..time fo everything.

smsshola:
Anything that has a beginning also has an end..time fo everything.

Well said...

What about 2nd Term lawmakers, why are they packing too?

We need fresh air let them all pack

Heheheh.. From my own house

anything wet get beginning must get end

D tin wey still dey vex me an d huge money dem dey collect

Sitting allowance
Standing allowance
Fucking. Allowance
Sickness allowance
Headache allowance

Even someone told me them dey collect shitting allowance, I wish bihari has d over all power to slash those huge allowance.

Any way am running for house of assembly next 8 year but am gonna be representing sambisa forest

The beginning of a new era.

Change is in the air. I can literally smell and touch it!!

Of course, they should go back to there villages

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Apase 1

thomastbibler:
The beginning of a new era.

You can say that again brother.

This is serious

okay

Did anybody have to write them a memo. Didn't they know they should have started packing immediately after the results were announced and they were not re-elected. Or they were hoping the authorities would forget. Khia khia khia (lafin in bini).

Hmm! So no work will go on there for about two weeks or so. Anyway,if you have problem lasting long in bed, hit me up on BBM- 7C22F6EC.

Law and order will return to nigeria. If you don't like it, move to San Otuoke.

Wow...

i don't see why this should be news.

Jonathan

Soldier go, soldier come, barrack remain.

bunch of useless and selfish lawmakers .

They would spend billions to renovate those offices now.

As long as them no carry govt property join their own

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Now tell me how e take concern me.

Hmm well I hope the change in sitting arrangements will mean that we would see more serious lawmakers, not empty seats every time the are in session.

Power is sweet, the hardest part is leaving, Oya make una park una load

is painful to the corrupt leaders... so this mean broom start it sweeping. now the secret of APC broom revealed...

limolalikamaila:
anything wet get beginning must get end

D tin wey still dey vex me an d huge money dem dey collect

Sitting allowance
Standing allowance
Fucking. Allowance
Sickness allowance
Headache allowance

Even someone told me them dey collect shitting allowance, I wish bihari has d over all power to slash those huge allowance.

Any way am running for house of assembly next 8 year but am gonna be representing sambisa forest

Which Buhari? Him don fit sit down for like five hours? Abi, the photoshoped pictures dey deceive you? He get better body?