Elumelu Emerges As Minority Leader

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila, has announced Hon. Ndudi Elumelu, representing Aniocha/Oshimili Federal Constituency, Delta State as the new Minority Leader of the House of Representatives.

The announcement of Hon. Ndudi as the House Minority leader, followed the submission of a letter to Speaker by the Minority Caucus in the House of Reps, comprising all elected House members of all the other opposition parties, dated July 2, 2019, in which the members of the caucus endorsed Hon. Ndudi Elumelu as their choice for the position.

The letter by the Minority caucus, which reflected the robust and commendable bipartisanship and Legislative independence of the elected House members, also endorsed three other Honourable members of the House namely; Hon. Toby Okechukwu, Hon. Gideon Gwani and Hon. Adesegun Adekoya, for the offices of the Deputy Minority Leader, Minority Whip and Deputy Minority Whip respectively.

According to the letter, the endorsement of the Minority principle officers of the House, was in pursuant to Order 7 Rule 8 of the Standing Rules of the House of Representatives.

The Minority Caucus in the correspondence which was made available to the newsmen further stated that they are convinced of the character, integrity and experience of the endorsed members, to discharge the duty of the offices, emphasizing that the action was in line with the House Rules, the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and in the best interest of the Minority Caucus.