The House of Representatives has announced a postponement in the resumption of plenaries.
The lawmakers were expected to resume plenary on Tuesday, May 9, but the date has been shifted to Tuesday, May 16, 2023.
This was made known in a statement on Monday by the clerk of the house, Dr Yahaya Danzaria.
Danzaria says the shift in date is to allow the legislators to partake in the ongoing induction programme of the 10th National Assembly.
The Statement
“This is to inform all Hon Members and the general public that the House of Representatives will not resume plenary on Tuesday, May 9, 2023 as earlier adjourned.
“The next adjourned date will be Tuesday May 16, 2023.
“This change is intended to allow Members to partake actively in the ongoing induction program of the 10th National Assembly.
“All inconveniences are highly regretted.”
Speakership Should Not Be Zoned
Meanwhile, a House of Representatives member-elect, Joshua Chinedu Obika has warned that the All Progressives Congress (APC) could lose the position of the Speaker of the 10th National Assembly.
He says they would lose the Speakership of the 10th National Assembly if zoning is applied to the seat.
Obika maintains that the APC does not have numbers to decide who becomes the next Speaker of the House of Representatives on its own.
Silent Majority
The lawmaker-elect described the APC as the silent majority.
To him, without the opposition members, the APC can’t determine the next speaker of the House.
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He based his argument on the fact that the opposition parties have the majority in the House of Representatives.
They have 180 members while APC has 178.
Two seats are pending – one in Akwa Ibom and another in Ondo state.
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With this, Obika said the opposition had surpassed the APC.
Hence, they would definitely have a say in how and who emerges as Speaker at the end of the day.
