Ugochinyere loses Minority Leader bid in House of Reps

The lawmaker representing Ideato North/Ideato South Federal Constituency successful Imo State, Ikeagwuonu Ugochinyere, has mislaid his bid to go the Minority Leader arsenic the House barred first-term lawmakers from holding main offices.

The House passed the solution astatine plenary on Wednesday following the adoption of a question sponsored by lawmaker representing Ikorodu Federal Constituency of Lagos, Babajimi Benson.

The solution clarified Order 7, Rule 15 of the Standing Orders of the House of Representatives.

Order 7, Rule 15 of the Standing Orders of the greenish enclosure states that lone members with cognate legislative acquisition arsenic members of the location of representatives shall beryllium eligible for assignment arsenic main officers of the House.

Recall that immoderate absorption lawmakers had past week nominated Ugochiyere for the Minority Leader presumption to win Kingsley Chinda, lawmaker representing Obio/Akpor national Constituency, who vacated the relation aft emerging arsenic the APC governorship campaigner for Rivers stat...