…Insist Minority Leader wasn’t shut down
By Tordue Salem, Abuja
The House of Representatives, on Thursday, said there was no time at its Wednesday plenary that a motion on the resignation of the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Ali Pantami, was treated, let alone being shut down.
The House at plenary on Thursday, through a motion by Rep. Ahmed Jaha from Borno State, said it was surprising that some sections of the media reported that Speaker Gbajabiamila had killed a motion brought by the Minority Leader, Ndudi Godwin Elumelu, on Pantami.
Jaha, who came under Order 6, Rule 1 and 2 of the Standing Orders of the House, which border on matters of the privilege of the individual lawmakers, the same order cited by Elumelu on Wednesday, said there was a complete misrepresentation of what happened in the chamber.
He explained, “I woke up early in the morning today to have my Sahur and came across media…
Source: Vanguard Newspaper
