The
House of Representatives has apologised to Nigerians over the actions
of some lawmakers who disrupted the proceedings in the House and
attempted to seize the mace during plenary on Thursday.
Addressing
reporters after the rowdy plenary, the Chairman of the House ad-hoc
Committee on Media, Honourable Sani Zorro, condemned the lawmakers’s
actions, saying “the House sincerely apologises to Nigerians for the
events of the day”.
His meeting
followed other briefings by the Peoples Democratic Party’s caucus and
the All Progressives Party’s caucus in the House of Representatives.
After
what turned out to be a very turbulent day, the House had adjourned for
the day until July 21, but the storm was far from over.
The
large number of lawmakers in the All Progressives Congress (APC), who
spoke to reporters, blamed the Speaker for the disagreement that
resulted into a fist-cuff.
They said he refused to read a letter
sent to him by the leadership of the APC, stating the party’s position
on its choice of principal officers.
One of the APC lawmakers,
Nasiru Daura, from Katsina State, said the position of the APC caucuses
was that a particular zone should not be allowed to produce more than
one principal officer.
Another lawmaker of the APC, Pally
Iriase, from one of the zones (south-south) that had spoken against the
party’s potion on zoning, also expressed his displeasure with the
decision of the party’s leadership.
Giving his opinion on the
rift within the APC, a member of the Peoples Democratic Party, Leo Ogor,
from Delta State, said that the APC lawmakers had started on the wrong
note.
For the House ad-hoc Committee on Media, the conduct of
some members is in contempt of the House and violates the orders of the
House.
The committee Chairman said the House, under the
leadership of the Speaker, Yakubu Dogara, would pursue the needs of
Nigerians, a promise Nigerians will expect them to keep.
Credit: Channels
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