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Lower House Legislator Resigns

Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on states and Local government Affairs, Mr. KGB Oguakwa, has resigned.

In a statement, Mr. Oguakwa said that, following the submission of the report of the panel investigating the award of contract involving the speaker and some members, many Nigerians appeared to perceive the House as carrying a moral burden which it is expected to discard.

Mr. Oguakwa further stated that it had become difficult for him to fathom how certain legislative oversight functions could be truly and effectively undertaken while the present perceived credibility deficit dangles on the House.

However in a swift reaction, Chairman of the Committee on Rules and Business, Mr. Eta Enang, said that Mr. Oguakwa’s resignation had nothing to do with the panel’s investigations and report.

In his view, Mr. Oguakwa’s earlier request that the House rules be reviewed, for his committee’s mandate to include boundary issues, may have informed his decision to resign.


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