Daily Trust Saturday

10th House vibrant despite high turnover – Reps

- Balarabe Alkassim

Members of 10th House Representa­tives said they had done well since its inaugurati­on in June despite the high turnover of new lawmakers, about 80 per cent.

The House spokespers­on and chairman, Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Akin Rotimi Jnr and others made the remark at a press briefing on Friday.

In his remarks, Rep Rotimi said the House anchored its communicat­ion on transparen­cy, engagement and accessibil­ity.

He defended the creation of 137 standing committees by the House, which he said was to meet the current realities and make their work easier rather than political patronage.

Also, the chairman, House Committee on Rules and Business, Francis Waive, said over 1,800 bills had scaled first reading, while 10 pieces of legislatio­n had so far been passed by the House.

Rep Waive added that over 300 motions had so far been sponsored by 200 members. the of

Chairman, Nigeria Governors Forum, Gov Abdurahama­n Abdulrazak (2nd R); Chief of Staff to the President, Femi Gbajabiami­la (R) Representa­tive of the Chairman, Presidenti­al Compressed Natural Gas Initiative P-CNGi/Manager Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission, Mr Farouk Shuib (3RD R); Permanent Secretary, State House, Olusesan Adebiyi listen as the Managing Director, OMAA Motors, Mr Chinedu Oguegbu explains the features of the Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) Busses during the presentati­on of the buses to the State House by the Presidenti­al Compressed Natural Gas Initiative P-CNGi at the Presidenti­al Villa in Abuja on Friday

 ?? PHOTO: ?? State House
PHOTO: State House

Newspapers in English

Newspapers from Nigeria