Members of the 10th House of Representatives have today nominated their principal officers.
The Honourable Speaker of the House, Rt. Hon. Tajudeen Abbas, PhD, read out nominated officers to the Honourable Members on the floor of the House on Tuesday.
At the opening of the plenary, the Speaker notified the House of communications from the respective caucuses, in which they nominated Majority and Minority leaders.
Rt. Hon. Abbas also noted that the nominations, which were endorsed with signatures of members of the respective caucuses, could be verified with the Clerk to the House, Dr Yahaya Danzaria.
Majority Caucus:
Julius Ihonvbere (APC/Edo) – Majority Leader
Abdullahi Ibrahim Halims (APC/Kogi) – Deputy Leader
Bello Usman Kumo (APC/Kebbi) – Chief Whip
Adewunmi Oriyomi Onanuga (APC/Kogi) – Deputy Chief Whip
Minority Caucus:
Kingsley Chinda (PDP/Rivers) – Minority Leader
Ali Madaki (NNPP/Kano) – Deputy Minority Leader
Ali Isa (PDP/Gombe) – Minority Whip
George Ozodinobi (LP/Anambra) – Deputy Minority Whip
The caucus leaders will serve as principal officers and they form the leadership of the House together with the presiding officers – Speaker and Deputy Speaker.