Gbajabiamila Appoints 105 Committee Chairmen

…APC- 80, PDP- 21, APGA-2, AA-1, APM-1
…House adjourns to sept 17
…Speaker apologises to those who lost out
…Abdulmumini Jibrin loses out

Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila yesterday released the names of chairmen and deputy chairmen of 105 special and standing committees, assigning his close loyalists to grade A, otherwise called juicy committees.

Out of the 105 committees, he allocated 80 to the All Progressives Congress (APC); 21 to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP); two to the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), and one each to Action Alliance (AA) and Allied People’s Movement (APM).

The speaker also surprisingly left out the director general of his campaign organisation, Hon. Abdulmumin Jibrin. Jibrin, however, declined to comment on the development.

Before announcing the committees, the speaker had apologized to his colleagues who did not get leadership in any of the standing and special committees to forgive him.

“I know today, many of you will not be happy with me, so I also apologise if I offend anybody,” he appealed.

The committee chairmen include Aliyu Betara (APC, Borno) for appropriation; Ahmed Idris (APC, Plateau, constitution review); Ibrahim Isiaka (APC, Ogun) for ecological fund; Abdullahi Garba (APC, Niger) for FCT; Wale Raji (APC, Lagos) for House services; Tunji-Ojo Olubunmi (APC, Ondo) for NDDC; Khadijah Bukar Ibrahim (APC, Yobe) for NEDC; Wole Oke (PDP, Osun) for public accounts; Jerry Alagbaso (PDP, Imo) for public petitions; Adamu Fagen Gawo (APC, Jigawa) for constituency outreach; Abubakar Kusada (APC, Katsina) for federal character; Munir Babba (APC, Kano) for agric colleges and institutions; Muntari Dandutse (APC, Katsina) for agric production and services; Shehu Koko (APC, Kebbi) for airforce; Abdulrazak Namdas (APC, Adamawa) for army; Nnoli Nnaji (PDP, Enugu) for aviation; and Victor Nwokolo (PDP, Delta) for banking and currency.

Julius Ihovebere (APC, Edo) for basic education; Akeem Adeyemi (APC, Oyo) for communication; Yusuf Kila (APC, Jigawa) for customs and excise; Jimi Benson (APC, Lagos) for defence; Aisha Dukku (APC, Gombe) for electoral matters; Johnson Oghuma (APC, Edo) for environment; Luke Onofiok (PDP, Akwa Ibom) for federal judiciary; James Faleke (APC, Lagos) for finance; Yusuf Buba (APC, Adamawa) for foreign affairs; Nicholas Mutu (PDP, Delta) for gas resources; Pascal Obi (AA, Imo) for health institutions; Tanko Sununu (APC, Kebbi) for healthcare institutions; Nasir Zangon Daura (APC, Katsina) for interior; Tajudeen Abass (APC, Kaduna) for land transport; Legor Idagbo (PDP, Cross River) for local content; Lynda Ikpeazu (PDP, Anambra) for maritime; Shaban Sharada (APC, Kano) for national intelligence; Yusuf Gagdi (APC, Plateau) for navy; Mahmaud Abdullahi Gaiya (APC, Kano) for petroleum resources (downstream).

Also on the list are Musa Sarki Adar (APC, Sokoto) for petroleum resources; Bello Kumo (APC, Gombe) for police; Garba Datti (APC, Kaduna) for ports and harbours; Aliyu Magaji Dau (APC, Jigawa) for power; Nasir Ali Ahmed (APC, Kano) for public procurement; Abubakar Fulata (APC, Jigawa) for rules and business; Aminu Suleiman (APC, Kano) for tertiary education; Sada Soli (APC, Katsina) for water resources; Abubakar Kabir Abubakar (APC, Kano) for works; Safana Dayyabu (APC, Katsina) for aids, loans and debt management; Ibrahim Babangida (APC, Katsina) for capital market; Kabir Idris (APC, Kano) for civil society); Femi Fakeye (APC, Osun) for commerce; Mohammed Bago (APC, Niger) for cooperation and integration in Africa; Sylvester Ogbaga (PDP, Ebonyi) for delegated legislation; Tolu Shadipe (APC, Oyo) for diaspora; Tunji Olawuyi (APC, Kwara) for emergency and disaster management; Tijani Damisa (APC, Kogi) for FCT Area councils; Ifeanyi Momah (APGA, Anambra) for FCT judiciary and Femi Bamisile (APC, Ekiti) for FERMA.

The list also include Abdullahi Ibrahim Dutse (APC, Jigawa) for financial crimes; Mustapha Dawaki (APC, Kano) for Housing; Dolapo Badru (APC, Lagos) for industry; Abubakar Lado (APC, Niger) for ICT; Segun Odebunmi (APC, Oyo) for NOA; Darlington Nwokocha (PDP, Abia) for insurance; Danjuma Chedeh (APGA, Taraba) for internal security of NASS; Mohammed Jega (APC, Kebbi) for IDPs; Zakari Galadima (APC, Yobe) for inter parliamentary relations; Ozurigbo Ugonna (APC, Imo) for justice; Ali Wudil (APC, Kano) for labour; Dennis Idahosa (APC, Edo) for legislative compliance; Gaza Gbefwi (PDP, Nasarawa) for legislative library and research; Benjamin Kalu (APC, Abia) for media and public affairs; Olododo Cook (APC, Kwara) for national development; Essien Ayi (PDP, Cross River) for Niger Delta ministry; Alhassan Rumrum (APC, Kano) for pensions; Lawal Idrissu (APC, Kogi) for populations and Abdullahi Salame (APC, Sokoto) for poverty alleviation.

Similarly, Sani Bala (APC, Kano) for public service matters; Tijani Jobe (APC, Kano) for rural development; Beni Lar (PDP, Plateau) for science and technology; Michael Okon (PDP, Akwa Ibom) for solid minerals; Sumaila Suleiman (APC, Kaduna) for special duties; Olumide Osoba (APC, Ogun) for sports; Ali Ibrahim (APC, Kogi) for steel; Rotimi Agunsoye (APC, Lagos) for SDGs; Yemi Adaramodu (APC, Ekiti) for youth development; Nicholas Shehu (PDP, Kaduna) for anti-corruption; Ibrahim Bukar (APC, Borno) for climate change; Ihama Ogbeide (PDP, Edo) for culture; Francis Agbo (PDP, Benue) for drugs and narcotics; Kolawole Lawal (APM, Ogun) for ethics and privileges; Mayowa Akinfolarin (APC, Ondo) for FRSC and Cornelius Nnaji (PDP, Enugu) for FOI and government reforms.

Other members that made the list include, Sarki Dahiru (APC, Nasarawa) for HIV/AIDs; John Dyegh (APC, Benue) for human rights; Ashiru Mani (APC, Katsina) for Lake Chad; Mike Etaba (PDP, Cross River) for legislative budget and research; Akin Alabi (APC, Oyo) for governmental affairs; Abubakar Nalaraba (APC, Nasarawa) for pilgrims affairs; Gudaji Kazaure (APC, Jigawa) for political parties matters; Garba Gololo (APC, Bauchi) for privatization; Ogbee Lazarus (PDP, Ebonyi) for reformatory institutions; Ossai Nicholas Ossai (PDP, Delta) for treaties, protocols and agreements; Patrick Asadu (PDP, Enugu) for water ways; Jide Kmoh (APC, Lagos) for urban development; Wunmi Onanuga (APC, Ogun) for women affairs and Taiwo Oluga (APC, Osun) for women in parliament.

Meanwhile, only 104 deputy chairmen were appointed as the committee on women in parliament had no deputy.

The House also adjourned plenary for the annual long vacation to resume on September 17, 2019.

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NASS Speaker Rt. Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila Appoints 105 Committee Chairmen