Abuja News: Speaker Tajudeen Abbas of the House of Representatives announced a reshuffle within key committees. During the plenary, Mike Etaba was reassigned from the Public Petitions Committee to lead the Environment Committee. Bitrus Laori from Adamawa now heads Public Petitions, while Billy Osawaru is chairing the Committee on Cooperation and Integration in Africa.
The reshuffle follows a summons by the Public Petitions Committee involving state governors over legislative crises. Civil organisations and the Conference of State Legislatures criticised the move, highlighting constitutional overreach concerns. This reshuffle underscores the importance of respecting constitutional boundaries in Nigeria’s federal structure.
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