•Ihonvbere, Chinda emerge House Leader, Minority Leader
By Christiana Ekpa
The Speaker of House of Represe.ntatives, Tajudeen Abbas has named Prof. Julius Ihonvbere (APC, Edo) and Hon. Kingsley Chinda (PDP, Rivers) as the Majority and Minority Leaders of the House.
Recall that Hon. Chinda and Kumo headed the Joint Task 10th Assembly that worked for the emergence of Abbas as Speaker.
Other Principal Officers named by the Speaker include Hon. Abdullahi Ibrahim Halims (Kogi, APC) as Deputy majority leader and Hon. Adewumi Onanuga (Ogun, APC) as Deputy Majority Whip.
He also announced Hon. Ali Isa JC (Gombe, PDP) as Minority Leader; Hon. Ali Madaki (Kano, NNPP) as Deputy Minority Whip and Hon. George Ozodinobi (Anambra, LP) as Deputy Minority Whip.
Hon. Onanuga’s nomination was approved by the Speaker, Hon. Tajudeen Abbas as part of the zoning arrangement across the six geopolitical zones of the country.
Also, Hon. Bello Usman Kumo (QPC-Gombe) emerged as Majority Chief Whip while Hon. Adewunmi Oriyomi Onanuga (APC-Ogun) emerged as Deputy Chief Whip.
For the Leadership of the Minority Caucus, Hon. Kingsley Chinda (PDP-Rivers) emerged as Minority Leader, Hon. Ali Madaki (NNPP-Kano) emerged as Deputy Minority Leader, Hon. Ali Isa (PDP-Gombe) emerged as Minority Whip while Hon. George Ozodinobi (LP-Anambra) emerged as Deputy Minority Whip.
