House of Reps announces Agbedi as Minority Leader

A Bayelsa State lawmaker, Fred Agbedi, has been announced arsenic the House of Representatives Minority Leader.

The talker of the House, Abbas Tajudeen, made this announcement on Thursday moments aft settling down for the day’s business.

Also appointed is Sokoto State lawmaker, Abdusamad Dasuki, who volition service arsenic Deputy Minority Leader.

Meanwhile, Bauchi State representative, Mansur Manu Soro, has been named Minority Chief Whip.

DAILY POST reports that Fred Agbedi is from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, portion Mansur Manu belongs to the Allied Peoples Movement, APM, and Abdusamad Dasuki represents the African Democratic Congress, ADC.

The announcement ends weeks of consultations and lobbying among absorption lawmakers implicit the creation of the number leadership.

Recall that astir 9 members, alongside the subordinate representing Ideato North and South national constituency of Imo State, Ikenga Ugochinyere, walked onto the level of the House of Representatives’ chambers a portion ago, chanting ‘No announcement, No Sitting’ implicit the number person position.

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