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The 8th House of Reps Appoints Principal Officers.

The 8th House of Reps Appoints Principal Officers.
The 8th House of Representatives appointed the Principal Officers House on July 28, 2015. The positions were zoned and assigned in this order: 

In the Majority category:
Hon. Femi Gbajabiamilia (Lagos, SurulereI) – House Majority Leader
Hon.Buba Jubril (Lokoja/Kogi) – Deputy House Leader
Hon. AlHassan Ado    - (Kano, Tudun-Wada/Doguwa) – Chief Whip
Hon. Pally Iriase (Edo,Owan West/East) – Deputy Chief Whip

In the Minority category:
Hon.Leo O. Ogor (Delta, Isoko North/South) – Minority Leader
Hon.Chukwuma Onyema (Anambra,Ogbaru) – Deputy Minority Leader
Hon.Yakub Umar Barde (Kaduna, Chikum/Kajuru) – Minority Whip
Hon.Binta Bello (Gombe,Kaltungo/Shongom) – Deputy Minority Whip

Speaker Dogara also called on various geo-political caucuses in the House to expedite nomination of their representatives that would constitute the Selection Committee of the House, so that legislative works could commence at the Committee levels. An ad-hoc Committee was also set up during the plenary to quickly consider the request of President Muhammadu Buhari who in a letter forwarded to the House, sent names of nominees to be appointed as Service Chiefs.
In another development, the House passed a resolution urging the Executive Arm of Government to publish in the official gazette of the Federation the handover note and the accompanying documents of the Administration of former President Goodluck Jonathan excluding information restricted by law, to enable interested persons have access to it in line with Freedom of Information Act.
Hon. Uzoma Abonta who brought this motion to the fore stated that publishing the activities, projects, programmes, achievements and constraints of past administration would lay credence to proper accountability, transparency and corruption free system; adding that it would also encourage Nigerians to actively monitor the activities of government as well as the authenticity or otherwise of the contents of the document. 
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