A renewed crisis is brewing between members of the House of Representatives over a leaked letter from the leader of the House, Femi Gbajabiamila, to the speaker, Yakubu Dogara.
There are fears that the letter could lead to fresh crisis between the loyalists of the two senior officials.
In the letter leaked to the media, on Tuesday, November 4, and dated October 20, Gbajabiamila said he had knowledge of the speaker’s readiness to announce the composition of the chairmen and vice chairman of the House committees the week he actually did without consulting the principal officers of the House.
This action would mean undermining the office of the majority leader and those of other principal officers in violation of the House Rules, Gbajabiamila said.
Leaking the letter which was also copied to the chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) John Oyegun, is believed to be a move to prepare the ground for another round of clashes in the House.
Already, many loyalists of Gbajabiamila including Ahmed Idris representing Katsina state and Sunday Adepoju of Oyo state have condemned the alleged lopsidedness of the composition of the committees.
But Dogara said he had invited Gbajabiamila and other principal officers for consultation before announcing the leaderships of the committees.
His spokesperson Turaki Hassan said the speaker met with and consulted the principal officers before the announcement was made.
That was in the morning and the announcement was around 3.30pm, Hassan said.
He added that Gbajabiamila was at the meeting but did not raise any objection.
The members, who are aggrieved over the decision of Dogara to give the PDP committees regarded as ”juicy”, expressed disgust at the speaker’s action.
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