As an aftermath of the leadership crisis that broke out at the House of Representatives during plenary on Thursday, the Speaker of the House, Hon. Yakubu Dogara, was forced to announce a long adjournment of plenary till July 21, 2015.
Before announcing the adjournment, the Speaker reminded the members that they belong to a priviledged class amongst Nigerians and should as such conduct themselves in a peaceful manner and face the task of providing qualitative leadership to Nigerians.
Dogara expressed his disappointment over the ongoing squabble, saying that Nigerians are in high expectation for members to hit the ground running on legislative matters, and that as long as members remain divided, effective legislation will be impossible.
He asserted that disagreement was inevitable, but not the one that will frustrate the job they are expected to do and jeopardize nationhood.
Dogara said, “The people of Nigeria want to hear us talk about poverty, insecurity, unemployment and as long as the house is divided and not united, we cannot achieve that. We have been down this perilous road before. I plead of us as Hon members and as leaders that all hands must be on desk to enable us achieve the desired unity that will help us move this house forward. That is the responsibility we owe.
“For the issues that led to the chaos today, we will sit as leaders and approach whatever divide we have to ensure that this matters are quickly resolved and on that note, I am moving for adjournment of proceedings by virtue of rule 10 and mutual concern. I hereby adjourn this house to July 21, 2015. The house stands adjourned,” Dogara said.
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