PDP lawyers to Gbajabiamila, declare Dogara’s seat vacant or face court action
Lawyers of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has urged the Speaker, House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila to declare the seat of former Speaker Yakubu Dogara vacant or face legal action. In a statement made available on Monday, the PDP lawyers, Jay-Adl Attorneys (Legal practitioners & Consultants) threatened that failure or neglect to heed their demand, they shall proceed to commence legal action against the Speaker Gbajabiamila in a competent Court of law. They demanded the invocation of the provisions of section 68(1)(g) (2) of the 1999 CONSTITUTION FRN (AS amended) in respect of the seat of the member
Those Calling Me Baba Go Slow Will Be Shocked In My Second Term – Buhari
* Accuses Saraki and Dogara of holding the Nation to ransom * Says they frustrated me * Scores the 8th National Assembly below average on patriotism President Muhammadu Buhari says those who described him as ‘baba go slow’ during his first administration will be in for a shock during his second term. Buhari said this during a media chat which was aired on Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) “Those who call me ‘baba go slow’ will see whether I am slow or fast. It means I will persuade the police and the judiciary to be hard and where I uncover that
Rep Speakership: Dogara Plans To Shock APC, Femi Gbajabiamila
Abuja – A plan to shock the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and produce a speaker from the opposition in the coming 9th National Assembly appears to have been uncovered. There are also indications that the incumbent speaker, Yakubu Dogara, who is of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), may still be interested in retaining his speakership seat whilst keeping his game plan closed to his chest. Sources told Daily Independent in confidence that efforts were on to sell a dummy to the APC’s anointed candidate, Femi Gbajabiamila, with a view to making him believe that opposition lawmakers were not
Budget Padding: You’re Ignorant And Dubious, Dogara Blasts Tinubu
Yakubu Dogara, the Speaker of the 8th House of Representatives, has lambasted Bola Tinubu, a national leader of the All Progressive Congress (APC) over the latter’s claim on Budget Padding. Mr Tinubu, a former Lagos State governor, on Sunday renewed his attack on the 8th National Assembly, alleging that the legislative chambers under the present leadership were padding the Budget of the country. While Senator Bukola Saraki heads the legislative arm of government and the Senate, Yakubu Dogara pilots the affairs of the green chamber. The duo emerged leaders of the chambers in 2015 against the wish of the APC
Saraki To Tinubu: Provide Proof That N’Assembly Is Padding Budget Or Withdraw Your Statement
President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, has replied the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, to provide proof that the National Assembly under his leadership had padded the national budget for four years. According to a report by the Punch, Saraki said this in a statement signed by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr. Yusuph Olaniyonu. The statement partly read, “Yesterday, Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu released another of his now well expected quarterly vicious attack on the person of Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, the President of the Senate. “In the statement, one could see
Dogara Moves To Change Composition of Principal Officers of House of Reps
--Why Dogara’s Removal As Reps Speaker Will Be Difficult –Reps The speaker of the house of representatives, Hon. Yakubu Dogara and his loyalists are said to be poised to change the composition of the body of principal officers to conform to his support base in the house as it moves towards the 2019 general elections. Daily Independent has also reported that the alleged plot to impeach Dogara, may be dead on arrival given the seeming inability of members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to muster the two-third majority. Currently, the APC has 190 members while PDP has 157, APGA has
