PDP, APGA lose more members in House January 14, 2015 … Reps adjourn till February The House of Representatives has adjourned plenary till after the presidential election but not before seven members from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) defected to All Progressives Congress (APC). While announcing the adjournment, Speaker Aminu Tambuwal, said the adjournment of plenary was to pave way for committees to work on the 2015 budget. However, before the adjournment, six other Representatives joined the Deputy Spokesman, Victor Ogene in defecting to the APC. Ogene said his defection to APC was informed by lack of internal democracy in APGA and the factionalization of the party. Other defectors cited denial of party ticket and maltreatment as reasons for dumping their previous parties. The defectors include Fort Dike, APGA (Anambra) to APC; Ibrahim Kamba, PDP (Kebbi) to APC; Garba Umar, PDP (Kebbi) to APC; Abdumalik Cheche, PDP (Niger) to APC; Chukwuemeka Nwogbo, APGA (Anambra) to APC and Zakari Haliru, PDP (Niger) to APC. Others are – Madwatte Anthony PDP (Adamawa) to PDM; Wison Nathaniel PDP (Adamawa) to SDP; and Benjamin Aboho from PDP (Benue) to APGA. Defending the adjournment that came four days after a three week break, Ogene said it was important for the lawmakers to resume from the Christmas break in order to consider the 2015 Appropriation bill. He also said concerns for voting rights of internally displaced persons were also paramount in the decision to resume from the break.
Posted on: Wed, 14 Jan 2015 22:17:12 +0000