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NASS Crisis: APC Lawmakers Drag Speaker Dogara, Others To Court by ricsman(m): 9:00pm On Jul 21, 2015 |
Members of the House of
Representatives loyal to the
leadership of the All Progressives
Congress, APC, have sued the
speaker of the House, Yakubu
Dogara, and the deputy, Yusuf
Lasun, over the allocation of key
leadership positions in the house.
Two aggrieved lawmakers asked a
federal court to restrain Mr.
Dogara from refusing to accept
nominees sent by the party
leadership as majority leader and
deputy; and majority whip and
deputy.
The move was the latest twist in a
long drawn crisis that has
engulfed the National Assembly
since its inauguration June 9, over
struggle for leadership positions.
At the House, the APC backed
Femi Gbajabiamila to be elected
speaker. After Mr. Gbajabiamila
was defeated by Mr. Dogara, the
party proposed he be named
Majority Leader, alongside other
lawmakers as majority whip and
deputy.
Mr. Dogara and his supporters
reject the party’s nominees, citing
federal character principle since
the deputy speaker, Mr. Lasun, is
from the south west, as Mr.
Gbajabiamila.
In a bid to pressure Mr. Dogara to
shift ground, two loyal to the APC
leadership, Abubakar Abdullahi
(Niger State), and Olajide Jimoh
(Lagos State), asked the court to
grant an order restraining the
Messrs Dogara, Yusuf, Clerk of the
House, Sani Omolori, from
preventing the announcement of
the APC’s nominees as principal
officers.
The APC lawmakers asked the
court to determine whether
Section 14 of the Nigerian
Constitution on federal character
applies to the internal workings of
the National Assembly and, in
particular, the House of
Representatives with respect to
the appointment of principal
officers and, in particular the
positions of Majority Leader,
Deputy Majority Leader, Majority
Chief Whip, and Majority Deputy
Chief Whip.
“It is an indisputable fact that the positions in
question are party positions, that is, principal
offices of the APC, albeit that they
concomitantly are also principal positions
within the House of Representatives,” they said.
“Consequently, the 1st and 2nd Defendants
(Speaker and Deputy Speaker) shall in
accordance with Article 9.2 of APC constitution,
which states, ‘members of the party shall be
obligated to affirm the party’s aims and
objectives’, implement the party’s aims as
contained in the party’s nomination letter”.
Besides Mr. Gbajabiamila, the APC wants
Alhassan Doguwa (North West) as Deputy
Leader; Mohammed Monguno, (North East), as
the House Whip; and Pally Iriase, (South South),
as the Deputy Chief Whip.
source: premium times |
Re: NASS Crisis: APC Lawmakers Drag Speaker Dogara, Others To Court by PunterTim(m): 9:03pm On Jul 21, 2015 |
Re: NASS Crisis: APC Lawmakers Drag Speaker Dogara, Others To Court by Demmocrats(m): 9:09pm On Jul 21, 2015 |
Re: NASS Crisis: APC Lawmakers Drag Speaker Dogara, Others To Court by Sunnymatey(m): 9:10pm On Jul 21, 2015 |
Why am l having this feelings that this APC led 8th NASS are undemocratic and after their individual ambition rather than the Nigerian project. |
Re: NASS Crisis: APC Lawmakers Drag Speaker Dogara, Others To Court by alawi5k: 9:13pm On Jul 21, 2015 |
'Sauce' |
Re: NASS Crisis: APC Lawmakers Drag Speaker Dogara, Others To Court by donholy28(m): 9:30pm On Jul 21, 2015 |
APC is definitely not a positive change |
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