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A coalition of 35 political parties in Bauchi State yesterday asked the committee set up by the National Assembly to probe the leadership crisis of the state House of Assembly to recognise its elected leaders.
The group, under the aegis of Coalition for Progressive Political Parties (CPPP) made the call at a media briefing in Bauchi, while refuting a story aired on Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN) on Sunday, July 15, 2019, alleging that political parties in the state asked the committee to take over the House.
Spokesmanperson of the coalition who is also the state Chairman of the Green Party of Nigeria (GPN), Sani Burra, enjoined the committee to dismiss any allegations of wrong doing in the process of electing Speaker and Deputy Speaker of the House.
Meanwhile, Majority Leader of the House of Representatives, Alhassan Ado Doguwa, has assured Nigerians that the Ninth National Assembly would resist any anti-people policies and Bills from President Muhammadu Buhari.
Doguwa stated this when he received members of the House of Representatives Press Corps in his office, stressing that he was the eyes and ears of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in parliament.
“We will not support the President in whatever goes against the overall interests of Nigerians and the nation,” he added.
He pointed out that parliament was a separate arm of government with full independence, as anticipated by the law, stressing that there were rooms for the executive and legislature to cooperate and work together in the country’s general interests.
Chairman, House of Representatives Press Corps, Grace Ike, assured that journalists reporting the House would always work based on the tenets of journalism and be fair to all at all times.