Ministerial appointment: Speaker Abbas appoints 5 new Standing Committee Chairmen to fill vacant positions

By Chris Udochukwu

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Abbas Tajudeen has apointed five new Standing Committee Chairmen to fill the some vacant positions occasioned by the nomination and subsequent appointment of Honourable members as ministers by President Bola Tinubu.

Abbas made the announcement in a statement he personally signed and made available by newsmen in Abuja on Thursday.

The statement reads in full:

Following the nomination of some members of the 10th House of Representatives as Hon Ministers by His Excellency, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and void in the leadership of some standing committees of the House, it is my pleasure to announce the appointment of the following lawmakers to fill up the vacant positions:

1. Hon. Mamudu Abdullahi – (APC, Niger) – Chairman, House Committee on Army
2. Hon. Pascal Agbodike – (APGA, Anambra) – Chairman, House Committee on Hydrological Services
3. Hon. Dennis Idahosa (APC, Edo) – Chairman, House Committee on Healthcare Services
4. Hon. Emmanuel Ukpong-Udo (YPP, Akwa Ibom) – Chairman, House Committee on Electronic and Digital Banking
5. Hon. Bukar Talba (APC, Borno) – Chairman, House Committee on Institutional Reforms.

The appointments shall take immediate effect, while the legislative record shall be updated upon resumption of the House from recess.

Signed:

Rt. Hon. Abbas Tajudeen, Ph.D
Speaker of Nigeria’s House of Representatives