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majority not minority. Modify d topic lalasticlala

Firefire:
The House of Representatives is expected to resume on Tuesday after three weeks break occasioned by the leadership crisis bordering on the sharing of principal offices.

But emerging signals indicate that the House will not resume for plenary on the said date as the lingering crisis is yet to be resolved and may now resume on Tuesday, July 28. The Speaker, Hon. Yakubu Dogara, had, last week, while receiving All Progressives Congress, APC, Mobilisation Youth Forum, assured that the crisis would be resolved before resumption.

Dogara, who told the APC youth forum that “all of us are loyal members of the party,” however argued that the ongoing crisis was part of the challenges that resulted from the victory of the 2015 general elections.

But he assured: “Everything is being done in conjunction with the party; in conjunction with the leaders of the party to ensure that by the time we reconvene all the issues that were there would have been dealt with. I can assure you, that is the only way we can get things right.

“I don’t see these things as major crises as you rightly pointed out. Things must change, that is the matrix of APC, it was on that, that so many of you abandoned your comfort zone and voted for us to be here, so we understand the expectations on the part of Nigerians not only APC supporters alone…

“I hope we should be able to bury our differences so that when we resume announcement will be made for the remaining four leadership positions in the House of Representatives.

“I’m speaking on behalf of the House of Representatives; I’m not holding brief for the Senate. But I sincerely believe that by the time we resume this matter will be a thing of the past.”

But despite the assurance and his plea, the truth remains that all the actors in the crisis appear to have taken hardline positions. Worse still, the leadership of the All ruling APC also appears not to be ready to find a middle ground for the warring camps.

The House is expected on resumption to constitute the body of principal officers which has become the bone of contention, constitute committees and their heads which may also generate fresh crisis and also begin deliberations on the Medium Term Expenditure Framework, MTEF, ahead of the preparation of the 2016 appropriations and other oversight functions.

But with the reality on ground over the leadership tussle, it has become apparent that Nigerians expecting the crisis to be resolved as soon as possible will have to wait for more time to come for this to take place.

Inside sources in the House said that but for some external forces wanting to ‘humiliate’ the Speaker to teach him a lesson for challenging the decisions of the APC, the House leadership would have resolved the matter.

The sources also claimed that if the APC national leadership should respect the doctrine of separation of powers as has been exhibited by President Muhammadu Buhari who had vowed not to be dragged into the crisis and hands-off the matter, the Speaker and his deputy, Yussuf Lasun, are were capable of handling it.

“The uproar over leadership position which is supposed to be a party affair has become a national problem, trying to bring governance to a standstill. Other political parties in the House that may have tried to manage their differences, if any, cannot carry out the legislative duty they were elected by their constituents to perform because, the ruling party, APC, cannot manage the crisis and, by extension, its victory especially at the federal legislative level,”one of the sources said.

The House has to shift from the Tuesday resumption date because Dogara and his camp insist that the spirit of federal character where all the six geopolitical zones are included for principal officers ‘positions in the APC should be respected, while the Femi Gbajabiamila camp that has the blessing of the party leadership stand on the supremacy of the party and the need for the presiding officers of the House to carry out the APC’s directives.

The party leadership had specifically recommended Gbajabiamila from the same South West geopolitical zone with the deputy Speaker for the position of the House Leader and Mohammed Monguno, from the Speaker’s North-East zone, as the Chief Whip among others which the Dogara camp rejected.

Those opposing the directive claimed that with the Speaker from the North East and the deputy from the South West, it is unfair to give two positions to the two zones when four geopolitical zones are supposed to share the four positions, adding that going by the letter from the party to Dogara, the North Central and the South East will be excluded from occupying principal officers positions.

However, one of the supporters of Gbajabiamila, Hon. Philip Shuaibu, representing Etsako federal constituency of Edo State, faulted those agitating for zoning as he alleged that there was hypocrisy in their position.

He said, “The situation in the National Assembly today does not actually follow federal character. What the party has simply done is, we have accepted the Senate President, we have accepted the Speaker, how do we make the National Assembly succeed to make sure that it is positioned to drive the policy of change that the APC stands for having forgiven them for the first disappointment and what will they do?

“The warring factions, the people that believe should have won this election that the party supported lets streamline the positions to have them on board so that it will not be a win, win situation, there will be no winner, there will be no loser, everybody will be a winner and that was the principle that the party took for the present leadership that has been chosen.

“For me, a Rep from South-South, I will feel cheated that we are supposed to produce the Speaker, but the same people now that are talking zoning said South-South produced only four Reps, South-East produced only two Reps and they are using numbers, at that time, it favoured them.

“Now, it is not favouring them and they are talking about zoning. So, for me, I think the principle of zoning was jettisoned ab initio because the President and the Vice President are from two major zones, South-Eest and North.

“Now, if you check who is the Senate President, from North, who is the Speaker, from North, so if you are talking about federal character, as far as I am concerned, federal character has not reflected in who becomes Speaker and who has become the Senate President.

“So, it has been jettisoned, I support what the party has done but at the same time I think flexibility is the watch word and I am happy that the party was flexible to accept Saraki and was flexible to accept Dogara. They also should be flexible so that this row does not consume them.”

But another lawmaker from the South East and also a member of the APC, Hon. Austine Chukwukere, representing Ideato South/North federal constituency of Imo State, said it will be uncharitable to exclude South East from the principal offices going by the alleged humiliation, harassment and intimidation they faced before they won election in a zone that was dominated by the Peoples Democratic Party.

Chukwukere said that some of them in APC from the South East were tagged Boko Haram for bringing the party to the zone and that some of their supporters were beaten, arrested and detained, noting that some of his colleagues from other zones now supporting the exclusion of South East did not face the humiliating situation they faced during the general elections.

Besides the issue of principal officers, Dogara will also face another uphill task to constitute committees. Already, the signals coming from the Senate is suggesting that all is not well especially with the alleged forgery of the Senate Standing Rules which said the new rule favouring equitable distribution of committee headship to the six geopolitical zones.

The Speaker draws his inspiration principally from the minority PDP and anything done to shortchange the party’s lawmakers in the composition of committees would be a threat to his position. The APC elements in the House will also want to have the upper hand in the composition of committee headship.

Cc: Lalasticlala

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/07/reps-resume-set-to-boil-again-gbajabiamila-will-not-be-minority-leader-dogara-insists/

majority or minority...what's wrong with all dis reporters?Smh

Hope they have handed their AMMUNITIONS over to them

APC put ur house in order

modath:
Our naija journalists are lazy impostors & the story has shown itself to be faker than a 5,000n notes... is Gbaja gunning to be "minority leader"

Ask them again! Fake journalism is fast becoming a trademark in Nigeria. I wonder where this media houses get their news from. I'm beginning to confirm my suspicion that most of their items are mere speculations just as majority of the "prophecies" by Nigerian "Prophets".

modath:
Our naija journalists are lazy impostors & the story has shown itself to be faker than a 5,000n notes... is Gbaja gunning to be "minority leader"

Lazy journalism at its best.

Politics of pride I tire for nigeria

hafeeanubasy:
when I read PDP and Igbo comments above,I pity APC.because,APC=PDP without Tinubu.Hence,they are happy with the trends in APC.

Ten gbosas for you...... .......all just jealousy....remove jagaban from the mix and APC will collapse like a pack of cards and just become another PDP.....

kennynelcon:
majority not minority. Modify d topic lalasticlala

Modifying the topic won't modify the caption on vanguard. There's no need.

dasrackhor:
majority or minority...what's wrong with all dis reporters?Smh

Both majority and minority, nothing for Gbaja, only floor member.

Ozid:
APC put ur house in order

House wey don scatter

No house again, 'To your tent O' Israel'

Gbaja is so power drunk that he wants to destabilse the HOR, he should be suspended and peace should reign.

Firefire:
Both majority and minority, nothing for Gbaja, only floor member.

Eh Eh

Firefire:
Both majority and minority, nothing for Gbaja, only floor member.

Eh Eh....pls tell me more....

Femi Gbajabiamila should stop disgracing himself jare...

....and the Go and Die saga continues

madridguy:
Dogora/Saraki playing childish politics since their resumption date. Doing everything possible to build fence against impeachment. Laughing in Congo, let see who will laugh best.

If na Childish politics I go dey play come become Speaker, make God help me to continue being childish. Wot are U saying? Impeachment wen the PDP is behind dem and m sorry its nat like before,the ruling party's number isn't enuff to just impeach dem,they wud need the PDP members too.And as it stands now,PdP wud Support Dogara to any length,at least DAT wud be enuff strategy to cause wear or rather turmoil within the ruling party. Is DAT wot u call 'Childish Poilitics'??

steph2sweet:
Hahaha, I am loving this dogara, femi jarabia or whatever his name is should go and chilax jor. He should go and cry to his god Tinubu.

I m loving u too sweet steph2sweet for loving my brother Rt Hon Dogara... He's a very brilliant and intelligent Man. That will surprise most nigerians a Dedicated Christian and a core nothener with the heart of a lion for the development of Nigeria.....

the very ZOOLOGICAL Republic house of monkeys n baboons set to boil again

APC will spend the next 4 years fighting each other.Apc house of Big Commotion! …
Tinubu and his gangs vs apc
Saraki/Dogara 2 vs tinubu 0

Okay ooo.

Firefire:
Both majority and minority, nothing for Gbaja, only floor member.

You're not making sense here,

Majority leader is for A PC
Minority leader is for the PDP.

So tell us what concerns Gbaja with minority leader.

Dogara's fucking stubborn sha.

oluwafemi113:
This Dogara Man self



You too get strong head

It doesn't matter if the ídiot has strong head or not. This is democracy. The majority leader will be chosen by vote. Dogara only has ONE vote out of the 360 votes that will be casted so, his opinion does not matter.

madridguy:
Dogora/Saraki playing childish politics since their resumption date. Doing everything possible to build fence against impeachment. Laughing in Congo, let see who will laugh best.

Bros pls teach me how to laugh in Burundi

These dogara is very troublesome I don't like him @ all.

[/color][color=#000099] Dogora is dogged so let femi fly away.
Nothing for Femi as it was before so shall it be.
As for Saraki, go ahead PDP is strongly behind u.

Good,I hope he makes sure gbaja is not made majority leader,we are tired of imposition we want change

hafeeanubasy:
when I read PDP and Igbo comments above,I pity APC.because,APC=PDP without Tinubu.Hence,they are happy with the trends in APC.

no get heart problem bcus of igbo o!