Reps Minority Leadership:
61 out of 81 Opposition Lawmakers Select Ikenga Ugochinyere As Minority Leader Designate
A new development has emerged from the House of Representatives, with an overwhelming 61 out of 81 minority lawmakers settling for Ikenga Ugochinyere as the new Minority Leader designate to fill the vacancy that has occurred in the seat of the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives.
The vacancy was announced by the Speaker following the decampment of the former occupant,, Kingsley Chinda, to the ruling APC party, where he emerged as the APC Rivers governorship candidate.
From the documents sighted by EBS reporter, the majority of the lawmakers of the minority parties cutting across the entire minority bloc, namely ADC, NDC, APP, PRP, LP, APGA, APM, ACCORD and SDP, and across tribal, religious and zonal political lines voluntarily settled for Ikenga as their preferred choice.
Following available information, the lawmakers today submitted the official nomination of the new Minority Leader designate, Ugochinyere to the Speaker and await his announcement of Opposition’s Decision.
The move is in line with the tradition of the parliament, which is stated clearly under the new Rule Book of the House of Representatives, Order 7, Rule 7, which provides that members shall elect among themselves the Minority Leader to lead them.
The names of the 61 opposition federal lawmakers who selected Ikenga as the Minority Leader designate are as follows:
1. Hon. Ikenga Imo Ugochinyere (Ikeagwuonu O. Ugochinyere) – APP – Imo
2. Hon. Aliyu Mustapha Abdullahi – ADC – Kaduna
3. Hon. Aniekwe Peter Udogalanya – NDC – Anambra
4. Hon. Shehu Dalhatu – PDP – Katsina
5. Hon. Aliyu Bappa Misau – APM – Bauchi
6. Hon. Matthew Nwogu – APP – Imo
7. Hon. Ojo Sunday Makanjuola – APM – Oyo
8. Hon. Anthony Adepoju – APM – Oyo
9. Hon. Isah Bello Ambarura – ADC – Sokoto
10. Hon. Sani Yakubu Noma – ADC – Kebbi
11. Hon. Umar Mukhtar Zakari – NDC – Kano
12. Hon. Adamu Sani Wakili – NDC – Kano
13. Hon. Datti Yusuf Umar – NDC – Kano
14. Hon. Abdulhakeem Kamilu Ado – NDC – Kano
15. Hon. Philip Agbese – LP – Benue
16. Hon. Dahiru Abubakar Sarki – SDP – Nasarawa
17. Hon. Thaddeus Attah – NDC – Lagos
18. Hon. Gwacham Maureen Chinwe – APGA – Anambra
19. Hon. Obinna Aguocha – LP – Abia
20. Hon. Nnabuife Chinwe Clara – APGA – Anambra
21. Hon. Peter Ifeanyi Uzokwe – NDC – Anambra
22. Hon. Emeka Idu Godwin Obiajulu – NDC – Anambra
23. Hon. Oyedeji Najimdeen Oyeshina – APM – Oyo
24. Hon. Joshua Obika – NDC – FCT
25. Hon. Okonkwo Uchenna Harris – NDC – Anambra
26. Hon. Oluwande George – NDC – Lagos
27. Hon. Jesse Okey-Joe Onuakalusi – NDC – Lagos
28. Hon. Oladebo Lanre Omoleye – ACCORD – Osun
29. Hon. Mudashiru Lukman Alani – ACCORD – Osun
30. Hon. Mani Maishinko Katami – ADC – Sokoto
31. Hon. Usman Basiru – ADC – Sokoto
32. Hon. Ibe Okwara Osonwa – LP – Abia
33. Hon. Alexanda Ifeanyi Ikwechegh – LP – Abia
34. Hon. Omoruyi Murphy Osaro – NDC – Edo
35. Hon. Aliyu Aminu Garu – APM – Bauchi
36. Hon. Auwalu Abdu Gwalabe – APM – Bauchi
37. Hon. Hashimu Adamu – APM – Bauchi
38. Hon. Akanni Clement Ademola – ACCORD – Osun
39. Hon. Adewale Morufu Adebayo – ACCORD – Osun
40. Hon. Adetunji Abidemi Olusoji – ACCORD – Osun
41. Hon. Okafor Dominic Ifeanyi – APGA – Anambra
42. Hon. Onwusibe Ginger Obinna – LP – Abia
43. Hon. Zubairu Bashir Usman – ADC – Kaduna
44. Hon. Abdulmaleek A. Danga – PDP – Kogi
45. Hon. Oluwaseyi Ayopo Sowumi – NDC – Lagos
46. Hon. Madawaki Dahiru – PDP – Jigawa
47. Hon. Sani Ibrahim Tanko – APM – Bauchi
48. Hon. Umar Yusuf Yabo – ADC – Sokoto
49. Hon. El-Rufai Mohammed Bello – ADC – Kaduna
50. Hon. Ajilo Umar Shehu – ADC – Kaduna
51. Hon. Yahaya Suleiman Richifa – ADC – Kaduna
52. Hon. Gana Joshua Audu – PDP – Niger
53. Hon. Abel David Fuoh – PDP – Taraba
54. Hon. Sani Lawal – ADC – Katsina
55. Hon. Fola Oyekunle – APM – Oyo
56. Hon. Amobi Ogah – LP – Abia
57. Hon. Adamu Yakubu – PDP – Jigawa
58. Hon. Abdullahi El Rasheed – ADC – Gombe
59. Hon. Engr. Esosa Iyame – NDC – Edo
60. Hon. Bala Rabiu – PDP – Bauchi
61. Hon. Abubakar Baba Zango – ADC – Adamawa
A total of 61 signed members.
