House Of Reps Members Nominate Majority & Minority Leaders

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.

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.