A group of House of Representatives members under the auspices of Link-Mind at the weekend dismissed reported rancour in the House over the composition of its standing committees.
The Speaker had on Thursday announced the composition of 134 standing committees with some members reportedly expressing disappointment over the committees handed to them.
Several committees in the 9th Assembly were broken down with a view to satisfying all interests that worked for the emergence of the Speaker.
However, speaking at a news conference, spokesperson of the Like-Mind group, Hon. Ikenga Ugochinyere, said the composition was rightly done, adding that Abbas put the interest of members above any personal or pecuniary interest.
He said the Speaker satisfied all interest groups in the House, adding that this he had done without inhibition.
He said Abbas has started living up to the expectations of majority of members of the 10th Assembly, adding that he considered the interests of members in decision making, adding that this was seen in the composition of principal officers and chairmanship of the standing committee.
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He said the parliament was more united than ever, adding that the composition of the standing committee cut across different interests including those who contested the speakership with him.
He said there was no winner and no vanquished, adding that most of his challengers in the race were given relevant committee chairmanship positions.
“You can see, the main challenger, Rep Aliyu Betera, was given Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Committee while Sani Jaji was made chairman of Ecological fund.
“Also, Rep. Miriam Onuhoa was made the chairman of Tetfund, Rep. Alhassan Ado-Doguwa was made the chairman of Petroleum Resources Upstream, Rep. Yusuf Gagdi was made the chairman of Committee on Navy, ” he said.
He said the Speaker’s frontline supporters were equally considered for committee chairmanship, adding that the composition was a reflection of the unity that existed, and they have promised to focus on delivering on people mandate.