The Social Democratic Party (SDP) has aligned with the Speaker, House of Representatives, Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila on the principal minority officers announced during plenary on Wednesday.
DAILY POST recalls that the House of Representatives erupted into a rowdy session after Gbajabiamila announced Hon. Ndudi Elumelu as Minority Leader of the green chamber as against Hon. Kingsley Chinda.
Other minority principal officers are Hon. Tobi Okechukwu – Deputy Minority Leader, Hon. Gideon Gwoni – Minority Whip and Hon. Adesegun Adekoya -Deputy Minority Whip.
Reacting, SDP’s only member in the House of Representatives Tajudeen Adefisoye, said the names read by the Speaker on the floor of the House truly reflected the choices made by members of the minority parties.
Speaking with reporters in Abuja on Thursday, Adefisoye who is representing Idanre/Ifedore federal constituency of Ondo state, said “I speak on behalf of my party, the SDP which is one of the minority parties in the House. I want to make it amply clear that the names read on the floor of the House by the Speaker were the ones duly nominated and endorsed by myself and other colleagues in minority parties.”
He described the Principal Minority Officers announced by the speaker as very competent and responsible honourable members that the House could readily vouch for their reliability and moral standings.
Adefisoye also described the names sent by the PDP to the Speaker as a mere manifestation of wishful thinking.
He said, ”The names sent to the Speaker by the PDP is null and void as far as we are concerned. The reality is that PDP cannot unilaterally decide on the issue of minority principal officers for all other minority parties. After all, PDP is just one party out of the multiple minority parties in the House.”
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