Sixty-one opposition lawmakers in Nigeria’s House of Representatives endorse Ikenga Imo Ugochinyere for the Minority Leader position, according to multiple reports. The endorsement is linked to a leadership vacancy that arises after Kingsley Chinda, the former Minority Leader, defects to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Premium Times reports that the opposition minority caucus is split, with documents showing 61 of the 81 opposition members backing Ugochinyere and submitting their nomination to the Speaker, Abbas Tajudeen. The outlet says this is ahead of an expected announcement on the minority caucus leadership. The Punch similarly reports that 61 opposition lawmakers endorse Ugochinyere for the minority leadership seat. Vanguard also states that the majority of opposition lawmakers back Ugochinyere as the Minority Leader-designate following Chinda’s defection. All accounts describe the same figure count and the same nomination process directed to the House leadership, without reporting the stance of the remaining opposition lawmakers at this stage.
61 opposition lawmakers endorse Ikenga Ugochinyere for House Minority Leader
Sixty-one opposition lawmakers in Nigeria’s House of Representatives endorse Ikenga Imo Ugochinyere for the Minority Leader position, according to multiple reports. The endorsement is linked to a lead...
- Sixty-one opposition lawmakers endorse Ikenga Imo Ugochinyere for the House Minority Leader position.
- The vacancy follows Kingsley Chinda’s defection from the opposition to the ruling APC.
- Premium Times says 61 of 81 opposition members back Ugochinyere and submit nomination documents to Speaker Abbas Tajudeen.
- Reports indicate an expected announcement on minority caucus leadership follows the submissions.
- The opposition minority caucus is reported to be divided between supporters and non-supporters of Ugochinyere.
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2 months agoDocuments obtained on Wednesday indicate that 61 of the 81 opposition members in the House endorsed Ikenga Ugochinyere for the position and have submitted their nomination to Speaker Abbas Tajudeen ahead of an expected announcement on the leadership of the minority caucus. The post Reps minority caucus split as 61 members endorse Imo lawmaker to succeed Chinda as leader appeared first on Premium Times Nigeria.
2 months agoA majority of opposition lawmakers in the House of Representatives have endorsed Hon. Ikenga Imo Ugochinyere as the Minority Leader-designate following the emergence of a vacancy in the position after the defection of the former Minority Leader, Kingsley Chinda, to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). The post 61 Opposition Lawmakers back Ugochinyere for Minority leader appeared first on Vanguard News.
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