House Leader: House Members celebrating with Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila New House Leader House of Representatives in 8 Assembly. Photo by Gbemiga Olamikan.
…hail Dogara upon arrival to N/Assembly
By Levinus Nwabughiogu
ABUJA – Already basking in the euphoria of the expectations that they would harvest many members from the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC to the main opposition party, members of the House of Representatives a while ago taunted Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila as a minority leader.
House Leader: House Members celebrating with Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila New House Leader House of Representatives in 8 Assembly. Photo by Gbemiga Olamikan.
The lawmakers mainly from the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP also hailed Speaker Yakubu Dogara upon his arrival at the National Assembly in readiness for Tuesday Plenary.
While they taunted Gbajabiamila, they “promoted” the Deputy minority leader, Hon. Chukwuka Onyema who has been the Acting Minority Leader in the absence of Hon. Leo Ogor.
The members who are still waiting for the plenary to commence sang and clapped their hands, chanting “Oh my home, Oh! My home, a song recently reenacted by Senator Dino Meleye to herald his defection from APC to PDP.
The House is yet to start plenary which usually begins by 11 am.
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